1. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Data Tables
James Thompson, Accessibility Consultant
November 21, 2017
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2. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Data Tables
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3. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Series
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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.
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. 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
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Data Tables
Resources
Adobe – Create and Verify PDF Accessibility
Adobe – PDF Accessibility Overview
WebAIM PDF Accessibility
WebAIM – Converting documents to PDF
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