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Adobe Acrobat - How To Create Accessible Adobe® PDF Files Booklet
Working with Existing PDF Files
The great majority of existing PDF files have not been created with Microsoft Office 2000 applications. This section describes the basic steps for making these existing PDF files accessible.
To make existing PDF documents accessible:
Do one of the following, in order of preference:
- If you have the original file on which the PDF was based, convert it to a new Adobe PDF file using the latest version of the originating application and Acrobat 5.0. Then follow the instructions in "Using the MakeAccessible plug-in".
- If you don't have the original file and authoring application, open the PDF file in Acrobat 5.0. Then follow the instructions in "Using the MakeAccessible plug-in".
- If the PDF file was created by scanning a paper document and then using Acrobat to save the bitmap image as an Adobe PDF file (also known as a PDF Image Only file), see "Working with Scanned and Paper Documents".
Before you publish the file, be sure to take advantage of the accessibility tools available in Acrobat 5.0. To do so, follow the instructions provided in "Using the Accessibility Checker". If needed, use the Tags palette as described in "Using the Tags Palette". When you're done, test the file with a screen reader as described in "Testing Your Adobe PDF Files for Accessibility".
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