Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Data Tables James Thompson, Accessibility Consultant November 21, 2017 Download example documents to follow along: http://info.levelaccess.com/1121-Webinar-Example-Documents.html This webinar is scheduled to begin at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific Audio is provided through the webinar platform via your computer’s speakers, or there is an optional conference line: (805) 309-2350, Code: 14930# (please note this is a toll call)

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Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Series Make sure to register for the remaining webinars in the PDF Basics series! December 12th – Forms: Participants will learn how to create accessible text fields, checkboxes and radio buttons. We will also discuss adding labels and best practices for form controls. ** This has moved from December 7th ** December 21st – Page Structure: Participants will learn how to review and edit role mappings for custom styles, use correct heading structure, and correctly tag changes in natural language. January 4th – Accessibility Checker: We will demonstrate how to use the PDF Action Wizard as well as the PDF Full Check tool. Participants will learn how to analyze results of an accessibility full check in order to create an accessible PDF document. levelaccess.com | (800) 899-9659 | info@levelaccess.com

Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Data Tables Table Elements Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Data Tables Ensure data tables are formatted using table elements: <Table>, <TR>, <TH> and <TD> tags Non-structural methods are incapable of portraying the structural relationships between tables headers and data along the columns and rows Data tables must be formatted utilizing PDF tag elements that are similar to HTML data table structural markup. This refers to the HTML elements: Table TR = table row TH = table header TD = table data Non-structural methods are incapable of portraying the structural relationships between tables headers and data along the columns and rows Parent <Table> tag Child <TR> tag (Table Row) <TR> tag has either a child <TH> tag (Table Header for column or rows) or <TD> tag (Table Data) THead and TBody can be used to denote sections of the table levelaccess.com | (800) 899-9659 | info@levelaccess.com

Table Headers and Complex Tables Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Data Tables Ensure data table headers are associated with data cells Assign a unique ID to each header cell Assign an associated header cell ID to the data cell Provide scope of row or column to the header cells Header Cells Activate the TouchUp Reading Order Tool Select an element in the table Choose Table Editor Right click on one of the table cells and select Table Cell Properties Select Header Cell Identify Scope (row, column, or both) Identify row or column span Create a unique ID for the header cell Data Cells With Table Editor selected, right click on the data cell that corresponds with the previously selected header cell in the table Select Table Cell Properties In the associated header cells section, select the plus sign levelaccess.com | (800) 899-9659 | info@levelaccess.com

Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Data Tables Layout Tables Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Data Tables Ensure layout tables do not contain structural markup (i.e. TH Tags) Data tables and layout tables are navigated differently by screen reader users Do not use structural markup to create visual formatting such as <TH> tags Assistive technology may incorrectly indicate to users that this is a data table Data tables and layout tables are navigated differently by screen reader users Do not use layout tables to layout forms levelaccess.com | (800) 899-9659 | info@levelaccess.com

levelaccess.com | (800) 899-9659 | info@levelaccess.com Data Tables Resources Adobe – Create and Verify PDF Accessibility Adobe – PDF Accessibility Overview WebAIM PDF Accessibility WebAIM – Converting documents to PDF levelaccess.com | (800) 899-9659 | info@levelaccess.com

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