1. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Forms
James Thompson, Accessibility Consultant
December 12, 2017
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2. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
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Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
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3. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Series
Make sure to register for the remaining webinars in the PDF Basics series!
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 – Forms
Instructions
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
Ensure instructions do not rely solely on sensory characteristics
Provide instructions at the beginning of the form
In the Tools/Task Pane, select Prepare Form
Double click the radio button you want to label to display the Radio Button Properties dialog
In the Name field in the General Tab, enter a name to assist you with setting the reading order
In the Tooltip field in the General tab, enter the overall group label (this will be rendered by the screen reader)
Select the Options Tab
In the Radio Button Choice field, enter the label of the specific radio button (i.e. Male, Female, Agree, Strongly Agree)
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5. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
Labels
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
Form fields should explicitly indicate the form field label as accessible text
When form fields do not explicitly include a label, assistive technology may guess at the label or provide no label at all to users
When the incorrect or no label is provided users of assistive technology may not be able to complete a form
Form fields should explicitly indicate the form field label as accessible text
When form fields do not explicitly include a label, assistive technology may guess at the label or provide no label at all to users
When the incorrect or no label is provided users of assistive technology may not be able to complete a form
In the Tools/Task Pane, select Prepare Form
Double click on the field you want to edit
In the Name field, enter a Name you can use (this is used to set the tab order of the form fields)
In the Tooltip field, enter all information including the label and form instructions (this will be rendered by the screen reader)
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6. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
Radio Buttons
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
Radio buttons must be grouped correctly for assistive technology to identify them correctly
When radio buttons are not grouped correctly, users of assistive technology may not be able to determine position, order, and relationship to other radio buttons
Incorrectly grouped radio buttons may be difficult to access via the keyboard
In the Tools/Task Pane, select Prepare Form
Double click the radio button you want to label to display the Radio Button Properties dialog
In the Name field in the General Tab, enter a name to assist you with setting the reading order
In the Tooltip field in the General tab, enter the overall group label (this will be rendered by the screen reader)
Select the Options Tab
In the Radio Button Choice field, enter the label of the specific radio button (i.e. Male, Female, Agree, Strongly Agree)
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7. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
Resources
Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
Adobe – Create and Verify PDF Accessibility
Adobe – PDF Accessibility Overview
WebAIM PDF Accessibility
WebAIM – Converting documents to PDF
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8. Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
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Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility – Forms
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