Third Party Accessibility Tools

Tools for Visualizing Document Structure

• Run file through PAC checker > use the screen reader preview button.
• PdfGo.html plugin > structure tags preview.

axesWord

• axesWord is styles based.
• It allows easy tagging for figures.
• It uses styles to define header rows.
• Using the axesWord plugin on a word file before exporting can make the file 100% compliant without working in acrobat at all.

axesPDF

• Has the PAC checker built into it.
• Can automatically artifact non-tagged content under the content tab.
• Can add a PDF / UA identifier in the extras tab.
• In the logical structure tree, you can select elements and right click > enclose elements based on tag order.
• Logical structure > add note IDs.
• Properties tab > adjust bounding box sizes.
• Viewer > table > properties.
• Rebuild structural parent tree.