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Using the Acrobat XI Pro Accessibility Checker
To tag form fields, choose Tools > Accessibility > Add Tags To Form Fields. This add the tags and
form object elements to the form fields in the proper location in the Tags panel. This step does
not add field descriptions.
Field descriptions: All form fields must have a text label/description (this is set via the form
field's tooltip property).
To add a text description to a form field, use the form tools. Please refer to the "Adobe Acrobat
XI Pro Accessibility Form Guide" document for complete instructions on how to set form field
descriptions. Accessibility guidelines and standards may also require that visual labels be
present. The tooltip property is only visible via the mouse and not the keyboard, thus, on-
screen labels should also be provided for all user input.
Alternate Text
Figures alternate text: Make sure that images in the document either have alternate text or, if
decorative, are marked as artifacts.
If this check fails, perform one of the following:
Note: See the related WCAG sections: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. (Level A), 4.1.2
Name, role, value
Note: See the related WCAG sections: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. (Level A), 3.3.2
Labels or Instructions (Level A), 4.1.2 Name, role, value
• Select Figures Alternate Text in the Accessibility Checker panel, and
choose Fix from the Options menu (or context menu). Add alternate text
as prompted in the Set Alternate Text dialog box (See "Figure 10. Set
Alternate Text through the Fix option in the Accessibility Checker" on
page 20).
• Use the Tags panel to add alternate text for images in the PDF.
• Use the Tags panel, Content Panel, or Touch Up Reading Order tool to
make the content an artifact.
Note: See the related WCAG section: 1.1.1 Non-text Content. (A)
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