Is your PDF compliant?
The checklist below is based on the content of the PDF. Acceptable answers are: yes, no or n/a.If 'No' is the answer to any item, then the document is not 508 compliant.
These checks should be performed on all PDFs:
(No matter what is present in the actual content.)
- Is the PDF tagged? WCAG criterion 1.3.1
- Is the Document Title filled out in the Document Properties? WCAG 2.0 criterion 2.4.2
- Is the correct language of the document set? WCAG 2.0 criterion 3.1.1
- Did the PDF fully pass the Office and Adobe Accessibility Checker? WCAG 2.0 criterion 4.1.1
- Is the document free from content that flashes more than 3 times per second? WCAG 2.0 criterion 2.3.1
- Are accurate bookmarks provided for documents greater than 9 pages? WCAG 2.0 criterion 2.4.5
- Is the document free from review-related content carried over from Office or other editing tools such as comments, track changes, embedded speaker notes? WCAG 2.0 criterion 1.3.1
- Is the order in the tag structure accurate and logical? Do the tags match the order they should be read in? WCAG 2.0 criterion 1.3.2
- Is all informational content contained in the tag structure? WCAG 2.0 criterion 1.3.1
- Are all non-standard tags appropriately mapped to standard Adobe tags? WCAG 2.0 criterion 4.1.2
- Is all the text within the tags correctly formatted? (Free from line breaks and split words) WCAG 2.0 criterion 4.1.1
- Do paragraph tags accurately represent visual paragraphs? WCAG 2.0 criterion 1.3.1
- Can text be resized and considered readable when magnified to 200%? WCAG 2.0 criterion 1.4.4
If your document has other elements, additional checks are necessary:
Color
Forms
Headings
Images
Links
List
Other common elements
Tables
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