Making a PDF accessible in Acrobat Pro

It's easier and better practice to make a document accessible in Word, but there may be cases where that isn't possible, such as with a PDF that's been sent by a third party. In that case, you can make the PDF accessible in Adobe Acrobat Pro (please note that you must have the Pro version of Acrobat; you can't do this in the regular version). If you do not have Acrobat Pro and have received a PDF that needs to be made compliant, please speak to the web team.

Run an accessibility check

1. Open your PDF in Acrobat Pro
2. Select ‘Tools' in the top menu, then ‘Accessibility' (if you don't see it, then click the ‘more tools' button, search for it and add it to your tools menu)
3. Select ‘Accessibility Check' and then ‘Start Checking'
4. A list of errors in the document will appear on the left-hand side. Click on the arrow beside them to expand the lists.