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Save as accessible text for a braille printer
Note: This document uses the term 'braille printer' to refer to any device that is used to convert accessible text to a form
that can be used by a person with blindness or low vision.
You can save a PDF as accessible text to print on a braille printer. Accessible text can be imported and printed out as
formatted grade 1 or 2 braille documents by using a braille translation application. See the documentation included
with the braille translator for more information.
A text version of a PDF contains no images or multimedia objects, although the text version of an accessible PDF
contains alternative text descriptions for such objects.
1 Choose File > Save As.
Choose Text (Accessible) from the Save As Type (Windows) or Format (Mac OS) menu.
2
Reflow a PDF
You can reflow a PDF to temporarily present it as a single column that is the width of the document pane. This reflow
view can make the document easier to read on the small screen of a mobile device or on a standard monitor at a large
magnification, without the need to scroll horizontally to read each line of text.
You cannot save, edit, or print a document while it is in Reflow view.
In most cases, only readable text appears in the reflow view. Text that doesn't reflow includes forms, comments,
digital signature fields, and page artifacts, such as page numbers, headers, and footers. Pages that contain both
readable text and form or digital signature fields don't reflow. Vertical text reflows horizontally.
Reader temporarily tags an untagged document before reflowing it. As an author, you can optimize your PDFs for
reflow by tagging them yourself. Tagging ensures that text blocks reflow and that content follows the appropriate
sequences, so readers can follow a story that spans different pages and columns without other stories interrupting
the flow.
A quick way to check the reading order of a document is to view it in Reflow view.
Reflow a tagged PDF
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Do one of the following:
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Choose View > Zoom > Reflow.
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Press Ctrl+4 (Windows) or Command+4 (Mac OS).
If the Page Display setting for the document is Two-Up before you choose Reflow view, the Page Display setting
automatically becomes Single Page when the document is reflowed. If the Page Display setting for the document is
Two-Up Continuous before you choose Reflow view, the Page Display setting automatically becomes Continuous
when the document is reflowed.
Return to unreflowed view
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When in Reflow view, do one of the following:
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Choose View > Zoom > Reflow.
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Press Ctrl+4 (Windows) or Command+4 (Mac OS).
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