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Acrobat 9 Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow
Do any of the following:
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If a figure isn't tagged as a figure, select the content region you want, and then click Figure or
Figure/Caption in the dialog box.
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To remove text that was incorrectly combined with a figure, drag to select the text, and click the
Text button in the dialog box.
To include a caption that is grouped with the figure, select the figure and caption, and click the Figure/
Caption button in the dialog box.
Adding Alternate Text with the TouchUp Reading Order Tool
If you want screen readers to describe graphical elements that illustrate important concepts in a document,
you must provide the description using alternate text. Figures aren't recognized or read by a screen reader
unless you add alternate text to the tag properties. If you apply alternate text to text elements, only the
description, not the actual text, is read.
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Select the TouchUp Reading Order tool.
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Select Show Tables And Figures in the dialog box. Figures that are missing Alternate Text will have
a flag indicating "Figure - No alternate text exists"
TouchUp Reading Order" on
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Right-click the figure, and choose Edit Alternate Text from the pop-up menu.
/ Edit Alternate Text with TouchUp Reading Order" on page 28)
In the Edit Alternate Text dialog box, type a new (or edit an existing) description for the figure, and then
click OK
(See "Figure 19 TouchUp Reading Order Alternate Text Dialog" on page 29)
Figure 18 Add / Edit Alternate Text with TouchUp Reading Order
PDF Accessible Repair with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
(See "Figure 18 Add / Edit Alternate Text with
page 28).
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