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Accessibility, tags, and reflow
Last updated 4/7/2015
See Correct table tags with the Tags panel.
Note: See related WCAG section: #1.3.1 Info and Relationships. (Level A)
Headers
For accessibility, it's necessary that all tables in the PDF have a header.
See Correct table tags with the Tags panel.
Note: See the related WCAG section: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. (Level A)
Regularity
To be accessible, tables must contain the same number of columns in each row, and rows in each column.
See Correct table tags with the Tags panel.
Note: See the related WCAG section: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. (Level A)
Summary
Table summaries are optional, but can improve accessibility.
1 Choose Tools > Accessibility > Reading Order.
2 Select the table by drawing a rectangle around it.
3 In the To uc h UP Reading Order dialog box, click Table.
4 Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) Table.
5 Click Edit Table Summary.
6 Enter a summary and click OK.
Note: See the related WCAG section: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. (Level A)
Lists
List items
The check reports whether each List Item (LI) is a child of List (L). When this rule check fails, the structure of this list
is incorrect. Lists must have the following structure: A List element must contain List Item Elements. And, List Item
Elements can only contain Label Elements and List Item Body Elements.
To fix the list structure:
1 Find the list in the Accessibility Checker panel by right-clicking (Windows) or Ctrl-clicking (Mac OS) the failed
element and choosing ShowIn Ta gsPanel.
2 Create elements, change the types of elements, or rearrange existing elements by dragging them.
Note: See the related WCAG section: 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. (Level A)
Lbl and LBody
Lists must have the following structure: A List element must contain List Item Elements. And, List Item Elements can
only contain Label Elements and List Item Body Elements. When this rule check fails, the structure of this list is
incorrect.