Accessibility
Accessibility
Discover accessibility tools to create PDF documents that comply with the WCAG 2.1 and PDF/UA standards. This ensures documents are accessible to people with disabilities, including those who use screen readers and other assistive technologies.
Accessibility
You need to ensure your source document is accessible. For example, when you create a document using Microsoft Word, you can improve its accessibility before you convert it to PDF:
Accessibility
With Nitro PDF Pro 14.3, you can use accessibility features on Windows. Use the Downloads page to get the latest version or contact your Customer Success Manager.
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If the wrong tag was applied to a piece of content or some text was not fully selected for a tag, you can delete the tag.
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To make a PDF accessible, it is important to embed the fonts as all users may not have the same fonts installed on their computers. If the fonts used in the PDF are not embedded, the document may not display as intended, making it difficult or impossible for some users to read or understand the content.
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Lists are an essential part of any document and help organize information and make it easier to read and understand. However, it's important to make lists accessible to all readers, including those with disabilities. Here are some tips for making lists accessible in PDF:
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Setting the document language is an essential step in making a PDF accessible because it enables assistive technology to understand and read the text correctly. It allows the screen reader to accurately pronounce the text, identify the language-specific characters and apply the appropriate hyphenation rules.
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Once you have completed the task of making your PDF document accessible, run a check on the PDF/Universal Accessibility (PDF/UA) compliance using any PDF compliance validator. If your PDF document passed the check and it meets all necessary accessibility criteria, you can mark it as PDF/UA compliant.
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The document structure in a PDF document refers to how content is organized and labeled using tags and attributes.
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Use auto tags to give your document an initial structure. When you use auto-tagging, Nitro PDF Pro analyzes your document and adds tags automatically.
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Add tags and their properties manually to create the document structure.
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When making a PDF document accessible, ensure all headings have the correct level, tables have heading cells and other tags are correctly applied.
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An artifact in a PDF document is a type of element used to provide visual structure but is not meant to be read or interacted with by screen readers or other assistive technologies.
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With Nitro PDF Pro, you can view an existing role map of your document to identify which roles content elements have.
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When creating tables in PDF documents, it is important to make them accessible to all users. This means that users with disabilities such as visual impairments or mobility impairments can also access and understand the information in the table.
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The reading order of a document is the order in which assistive technologies read and interact with the content of a document. The reading order of a PDF is defined by the order of the tags in the document structure tree.
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When a document contains link annotations, the document structure will include a leaf node for the text and an additional node for the annotation. This leaf node will be displayed in the structure tree as a Link-OBJR node.
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Use the Tag Properties panel to update information about tags, such as tag type, title, ID, etc.