Reading Pdfs With Reflow And Accessibility Features - Adobe READER 8 User Manual

Reading PDFs with reflow and accessibility features

Setting accessibility preferences
Reader provides several preferences that help make the reading of PDFs more accessible for visually impaired and
motion-impaired users, including preferences that control how PDFs appear on the screen and are read by a screen
reader.
Most preferences related to accessibility are available through the Accessibility Setup Assistant, which provides on-
screen instructions for setting these preferences. Some preferences that affect accessibility aren't available through
the Accessibility Setup Assistant; these include preferences in the Reading, Forms, and Multimedia categories. You
can set all preferences in the Preferences dialog box.
The names shown for some preferences in the Accessibility Setup Assistant are different from the names for the same
preferences shown in the Preferences dialog box. Reader Help uses the names shown in the Preferences dialog box.
For more information about accessibility features in Reader and PDF, visit the
website.
Set accessibility preferences with the Accessibility Setup Assistant
1 Start the Accessibility Setup Assistant by doing one of the following:
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Choose Document > Accessibility > Setup Assistant.
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(Windows only) Start Reader for the first time while a screen reader or screen magnifier is running.
Choose the option that is appropriate for your assistive software and devices.
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The assistant presents only preferences that are appropriate for your assistive software and devices, according to the
option that you choose.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions. If you click Cancel at any point, Reader uses default settings for the preferences
set by the assistant (not recommended).
Set accessibility preferences with the Preferences dialog box
1 Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS).
Set preferences as appropriate for your assistive software and devices in various panels of the Preferences dialog box.
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Accessibility preferences
Accessibility preferences in Accessibility panel
Replace Document Colors
nations for text and background, or you can create your own. These settings correspond to the Use High Contrast
Colors For Document Text option in the Accessibility Setup Assistant.
Always Use Page Layout Style
Assistant.
Always Use Zoom Setting
Use Document Structure For Tab Order When No Explicit Tab Order Is Specified
and links in documents that don't specify a tab order.
Always Display The Keyboard Selection Cursor
corresponds to the Always Display The Keyboard Selection Cursor option in the Accessibility Setup Assistant.
When this preference is selected, you can choose from a list of contrasting color combi-
Corresponds to the Override Page Layout Style option in the Accessibility Setup
Corresponds to the Override Document Zoom option in the Accessibility Setup Assistant.
Select this option if you use a screen magnifier. This preference
accessibility page of the Adobe
Improves navigation of form fields
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