PDF

PDF is a very common, versatile file format for sharing documents created by Adobe. These files can be made accessible in Adobe Acrobat using its robust accessibility tools. Though the number of options that these tools provide can be intimidating at first glance, this page will walk you through how to use the accessibility checker and fix any errors it detects.

Before You Continue

Make sure that the text in your document is selectable – meaning that you can highlight it with your cursor. For more information about this, see our guide to text. We recommend searching for a digital copy of your text online, but if you can’t find one, you can also use the OCR tool within Adobe Acrobat.

Please note: this guide uses the New Acrobat for its instructions. You can enable New Acrobat in the view menu.

Accessibility Tools

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Fixing Errors

When using Adobe Acrobat’s accessibility checker for the first time, it might display a number of errors. Don’t worry, most of these are incredibly simple to fix. In fact, if your document has a large number of errors, you can often resolve most of them using the autotag tool. Find your errors below to see our recommended fixes:

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