Is my PDF already accessible?

Important: Recently, Adobe Acrobat Pro released a new user interface for Windows Users. Some Acrobat features are not available yet. Since they know the product is incomplete, they have an option to disable what they call "New Acrobat" until they finish the job. To do this, choose "Menu > Disable New Acrobat".

If you have not already, configure Acrobat Pro to show the accessibility tools first.

Open the file in Adobe Acrobat Pro. (If you have Adobe Creative Cloud, you already have access to the tool), if not you can purchase it through Software.duke.edu at a discount. It may take 24 hours after purchase to activate.

Check if it is accessible

Please check out Adobe's official full documentation on checking a PDF for accessibility.

If it is good, you are done!

Great work!

If it is not good, Remediate it in one of the following ways:

If the file passes most of the Acrobat Pro Accessibility Checker items:

Fix it in Acrobat Pro with Action Wizard

If the file fails most of the Acrobat Pro Accessibility Checker items:

Fix it with Robobraille

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