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At this time, artifacting puts an attribute on the tag that hides the content, rather than deletes it. Note to Adobe: each segment of the row's borders is tagged as a "Path," including the top and bottom cell borders and the left and right borders. I tried this just now Bevi and upon clicking the pathpathpath stuff and change tag to artifact it still remains unlike other times I've done that sort of change in Acrobat Pro.

Will there be one of these oddities we have to manually do for each border throughout the table? I'll see if I can get one of my 45 tables in my current PDF to no longer show up in the Accessibility check results.

Douglass5C39 , Yes, it's becoming harder to artifact anything in Acrobat, especially after this last update. I suspect that Adobe is working on the concept of what an artifact is and how it will be dealt with. Royal PITA — pain in the anatomy.

We're now artifacting the crud via the Content panel. Locate the yellow content container box you want to artifact, right-click, artifact, and continue. Over the past 2 years, Adobe seems to have finally completely broken artifacts in PDF and the tools we use to designate artifacts. Adobe Support Community. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.

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Eileen M5E Follow Report. Community guidelines. Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more. Adobe Employee , Sep 29, Sep 29, We have made some changes for reverting the behaviour of Accessibility Checker to pre-September Release. Jump to latest reply. In Response To LinSims. Sorry about that! Bevi Chagnon - PubCom. Make sure these programs are up to date: Your source authoring program, such as Word and Adobe InDesign Current version is Hi Eileen, Thanks for reporting this to us.

Thanks, Akanchha. In Response To AkanchhaS. I appreciate your help. Hi Eileen, Thanks for sharing the tag structure. I hope this resolves your issue. Thanks Rachit. In Response To RachitJain.

I don't know how to make it more clear but the first "P" tag in each table row is happening since the update on 9. Any file with tables that I've worked on in the last 2 years is now tagged this way. It wasn't before 9. I've been doing compliance with Adobe for almost 10 years. There is obviously something very wrong with the update that was done on Tuesday. Is there a way to go back to the version of Adobe I had on 9.

The 2 different assessments by the 2 programs is concerning. No additional information is given in Acrobat about why the headers are being flagged as errors. Do you have any idea as to when this issue will be fixed? Is it possible to go back to the version of Adobe before the 9. Hi Eileen, Please check if the table has Table Header tag in the table. Decreasing the size of the form field can be achieved by reducing the font size of the text tag to get the appropriate length. The form field formatting font size, type, color, etc.

To ensure correct processing of text tags by Adobe Sign, tag definitions should be specified in commonly occurring fonts within the document Helvetica, Times, Arial, Verdana or Courier. The entire span of the text tag, from the beginning curly brace to the closing curly brace, must fit within a single line.

If a text tag spans multiple lines, either in the source document or in the processed PDF, the form field will not be correctly recognized by Adobe Sign and may cause the underlying text to be visible to the signer when signing the document. When used within PDF Forms, the curly braces should not be included in the name of the PDF form fields and the size of the field is determined by the size of the PDF form field and formatting of the data entered into the field is determined by the PDF form field properties.

When used in editable documents, text tags containing many directives may become very long, making it difficult to specify small fields on the document.

Adobe Sign provides a simple mechanism allowing you to specify shorter tags in the document. For example, if you need to have a mandatory phone field assigned to the sender, instead of putting the full. The complete definition of the text tag. To learn more about text tag shortening, see Shortening Text Tags. Form fields in a document can be assigned to a specific signer during the signature workflow. Form fields can be assigned to a specific signer by adding a specific directive in the text tag.

Fields marked with signer1 directive are assigned to the first signer, fields marked with signer2 directive are assigned to the second signer, and so on. Adobe Sign ensures that a signer can only interact with the fields that are assigned to her. If the sender of the agreement signs first during signing, any fields marked as "signer1", in addition to the field marked as "sender", is presented to the sender.

In some cases, the sender is not required to sign the agreement but is required to enter data before the agreement is sent out for signature. This is accomplished by adding a "prefill" directive to the relevant form fields within the agreement.

Adobe Sign allows the sender to complete those fields before sending the agreement for signature. A field in the agreement that needs to be filled by the sender before the agreement is sent for signature. Prefill is enabled by default for documents uploaded to your Adobe Sign Document Library. Fields that don't contain a role or have a misspelling in the role directive are open for anyone in the recipient list to fill.

After the field has been filled, it is locked to prevent subsequent signers from changing its value. If an unassigned field is flagged as "Required", the first recipient will be required to fill in that value. A variety of field types can be created in a document using specific directives within text tags.

Adobe Sign interprets the tags and converts them to the appropriate form fields during signing. All the field types that can be added to a document through the Adobe Sign web application can also be specified through text tags. You may position Adobe Sign signature or initials fields at specific locations within the document by adding a directive to designate the type of the signature field. By default, signature and initials fields are mandatory. However, some documents require that the signer optionally initial or sign at specific additional locations within the document.

Optional signature or initials fields can also be defined within a document using text tags. Adobe Sign requires that a document contain at least one signature within the document for each signer of the document. Approvers of a document are not required to have a signature field on the document during signing. If the information for these fields is already available, Adobe Sign automatically populates these fields when presenting to the signer during signing.

In addition, Adobe Sign also supports collecting the date of signature, the email address, and the name of the signer within the agreement. These fields are automatically populated by Adobe Sign and cannot be modified by the signer when signing the agreement.

Depending on your account configuration, Adobe Sign verifies the email address provided by the signer before completing the web form signing process. A field that automatically displays the first string read in the signature field. Meant to represent the first name of the signature.

A field that automatically displays the field content after the first string in the signature field. Meant to represent the last name of the signature. If no signature field is placed in the document for a specific signer, Adobe Sign automatically places a signature block at the bottom of the document for that particular signer. By default, a signature block includes signature and email address fields.

The graphic below shows a signature block that includes all four fields. You may position the entire Adobe Sign signature block in your document using the "signatureblock" directive. All fields defined within a document that do not contain any additional field type definition directives are treated as fillable text fields within a document. For most fields, you may specify if they are required or optional.

Adobe Sign ensures that a signer cannot sign an agreement before all mandatory fields are filled. Defines a mandatory text field called "phone" to be filled by the signer or during the prefill process.

Defines an optional field called "address" to be filled by the recipient identified as signer1. By default, all fields that are not read-only are editable. Exceptions include some special signer fields email, signer name, and signature date that are read-only by default. See Special Read-only Fields for more information. Read-only fields are useful when automatically merging data into a document using the Adobe Sign API or the Send in Bulk data merge function.

Read-only fields ensure the signer cannot change the merged data when signing. Adding an exclamation mark! Defines a read-only text field to be filled in by merging data before the document is sent out for signature. You can create a checkbox using text tags by placing the checkbox tag in your document or by using the checkbox directive.

Positions a checkbox called "Comm" assigned to the recipient identified as signer1 using the directive. An unnamed mandatory checkbox that must be filled in by the recipient identified as signer1. An unnamed read-only checkbox. Defines a checkbox with a label for a user-friendly description of the checkbox. Text tags can be used to define and position Radio Buttons within a document.

Radio buttons must have at least two options choices within a radio button group, a group identified by the same field name within the document. Each option choice of the radio button must have a different selection value. Radio buttons can be defined by using the following syntax. Defines three radio buttons belonging to the same group called "Color" assigned to the recipient identified as signer1. The options have values of Red, Blue, and Green.

Defines a radio button group and gives each radio button a user-friendly label. The label is displayed to the signer during signing. Adobe Sign supports creating radio buttons in different styles.

The specified radio button style is displayed in the PDF. However, during signing the radio buttons options are always presented as circles. Image fields are used to capture an image file, like a photo, or a scanned document eg: drivers license.

These images are extractable from the signed document. The directive :inlineimage requires an additional parameter to be added that defines the height of the field. Field height is predicated on the font size of the tag, and the field height is measured in lines of that font value. Text tags can be used to define text fields that can span multiple lines. These fields can be used within documents to collect multiple lines of data during signing.

That field has a field height of four lines. If the number of lines parameter is missing, the field height defaults to two lines of data. Text tags can be used to define and position drop-down lists within a document. Drop-down lists can contain multiple options; the user can choose one of these options when signing the document. A drop-down list definition has two components: a unique set of options from which the recipient can select one choice and optionally a set of values that are returned when exporting the data from the agreement.

Drop-down options must be unique although drop-down values do not need to be unique i. Drop-down values are optional. If no drop-down values are defined, the drop-down options are returned when the data gets exported from the agreement. When drop-down values are defined, the number of values defined must match the number of options. If the number of options and values specified do not match, this results in an error and the field is not treated as a drop-down list.

If there are no export values defined, then use the drop-down options. Positions a required drop-down list within a document. During signing, the list allows the recipient identified as signer1 to select from one of the three available choices.

This drop-down list does not specify any export values, as a result the option selected is exported from the Manage page, through the API or from the Reports page. Positions a drop-down list within a document. During signing, the list allows the recipient identified as signer1 to select from one of the three available options.

In this case, the drop-down list also specifies possible export values R,G,B. Depending on the option selected by the recipient during signing, the corresponding value gets exported from the Manage page, through the API or from the Reports page. In this example, the drop-down list options are the same as in the previous example but one of the values is empty. In this example, the drop-down presents three options to the recipient identified as signer1 during signing, with the second option being blank.

Additional directives can be added to the drop-down fields definition as needed, for example, by making a drop-down list required, applying conditional logic to drop-down lists, or specifying that the option selected by the recipient should be masked in the PDF. Adobe Sign can be used to collect supporting documents from signers during signing. During the signing experience, Adobe Sign converts the text tag into a field that the signer can to select to upload a file.

The uploaded document s are included as part of the signed document and are converted to PDF and attached at the end of the signed agreement after the signing process. Form fields for collecting files from the signer are defined by using the "attachment" directive.

Defines a mandatory field called "DriversLicense" assigned to the recipient identified as signer1. The recipient is required to use this field to upload a file during signing. Defines an optional field called "photo" assigned to the recipient identified as signer1.

The recipient can use this field to upload an image during signing. The directive label can be used to specify a user-friendly description for the field. Adobe Sign can be used to specify hyperlinks in documents. Hyperlinks are clickable during signing and can navigate the recipient to a location within the document or to an external URL. Labels can also be specified for hyperlinks so that the document displays the text label instead of the direct URL.

Commonly, hyperlink fields are used to allow recipients to click through to another page for any reason. When used as an optional link, there is no need to define a recipient role, leaving the field as an active link that any recipient can click.

Hyperlink fields can also be defined as required. When configured as a required field, the recipient role is needed to define which recipient must click the link. Defines a hyperlink that links to an external URL. Defines a hyperlink that links to page 10 in the current document.

Defines a required hyperlink that all recipients must click. Defines a participant stamp for the recipient identified as signer1. This stamp appears in the final signed PDF. Defines a participant stamp for the recipient identified as signer2. Digital Signatures can be added to documents. There can only be one digital signature per signer in each document. If you add more than one Digital Signature per signer e.

Stamps are a dual purpose field type that can replace a signature field, form organizations that prefer to sign with a company seal, or in support of a traditional signature, like a Hanko stamp. Like Digital Signature fields, only one Stamp field can be defined per recipient. Stamp fields are optional by default, unless flagged as required, or if no other signature fields are placed for the signer.

Stamp fields require that an additional parameter be included in the :stampimage directive that indicates the height of the field. Field height is measured in number of lines, based on the font size of the text tag.

Adobe Sign supports specifying default value for a field using text tags. The specified default value is shown to the participants during signing. If the default value contains a single quote or apostrophe, the default value must be enclosed within double quotes. If double quotes are required within the default value, the default value must be placed within single quotes.

Text tags also allow specifying Tooltips for Adobe Sign form fields. Tooltips are displayed to the recipient during signing. If an annotation is nested under a parent element with alternate text, then screen readers don't see it. This report checks for content, other than figures, that requires alternate text such as multimedia, annotation, or 3D model.

If an element has alternate text but does not contain any page content, there is no way to determine which page it is on. If the Screen Reader Options in the Reading preferences is not set to read the entire document, then screen readers don't read the alternate text. Because table structure can be complex, it is best practice to check them for accessibility manually.

See Correct table tags with the Tags panel. Related WCAG section: 1. See related WCAG section: 1. To be accessible, tables must contain the same number of columns in each row, and rows in each column.

When this rule check fails, the structure of this list is incorrect. Level AA. The order of headings is not required under WCAG, and is only an advisory technique. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy.

User Guide Cancel. The simple, guided workflow lets you do the following: Make PDFs accessible : A predefined action automates many tasks, checks accessibility, and provides instructions for items that require manual fixes. The Action Wizard toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar.

A list of available actions is displayed under the Action List in the right-hand pane. From the Actions List, click Make Accessible. Click Start. Follow the prompts to complete the Make Accessible action.

The Accessibility toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar. The Accessibility Checker Options dialog box is displayed. Select a page range if you prefer to check individual pages of a document. Select one or more of the Checking Options. The report displays one of the following statuses for each rule check: Passed : The item is accessible. Verify the item manually.

Failed : The item didn't pass the accessibility check. Use Read Out Loud to experience the document as readers who use the text-to-speech conversion tool experience it. Save the document as accessible text and then read the saved text file in a word-processing application.

This exercise enables you to emulate the end-user experience of readers who use a braille printer to read the document. Fix accessibility issues Acrobat Pro. Skip Rule:. Runs the checker again on all items. Choose this option after modifying one or more items. Displays a report with links to tips on how to repair failed checks. Accessibility issues. Prevent security settings from interfering with screen readers.

Or, fix accessibility permissions manually:. Image-only PDF. The Scan toolset is displayed in the secondary toolbar. Tagged PDF. If this rule check fails, the document isn't tagged to specify the correct reading order. To specify tags manually, do one of the following: Enable tagging in the application in which the PDF was authored, and re-create the PDF. The Add Tags Report appears in the navigation pane if there are any issues.

The report lists potential problems by page, provides a navigational link to each problem, and provides suggestions for fixing them. For more information, see Reading Order tool overview. Open the Tags panel and create the tags tree manually.

For more information, see Edit document structure with the Content and Tags panel. Logical reading order. Document language. If the language doesn't appear in the drop-down list, you can enter the ISO code for the language in the Language field.

This setting applies the primary language for the entire PDF. Set the language for all text in a subtree of the tags tree.

Open the Tags panel. Expand the Tags root and select an element. Then choose Properties from the Options menu. Choose a language from the Language drop-down list. Set the language for a block of text by selecting the text element or container element in the Content panel. Then, right-click Windows or Ctrl-click Mac OS the text and choose Properties from the context menu and choose a language from the Language drop-down list.

Reports whether there is a title in the Acrobat application title bar. Or, fix the title manually:. Enter a title in the Title text box. Click OK to close the Description dialog box.

Color contrast. Click Accessibility. Page content. Tagged content. Do one of the following to fix this rule check: Open the Content panel and right-click Windows or Ctrl-click Mac OS the content that you want to mark as an artifact. Items such as comments, links, and annotations don't always appear in the Tags tree.

To find these items, choose Find from the Options menu. Tagged annotations. Open the Content panel , and right-click Windows or Ctrl-click Mac OS the content that you want to mark as an artifact. Tab order. To manually fix the tab order for links, form fields, comments, and other annotations:. Repeat these steps for all thumbnails in the document. Character encoding. To ensure proper encoding, do the following: Verify that the necessary fonts are installed on your system.

Tagged multimedia. Screen flicker. Timed responses. Accessible links. Tagged form fields. Field descriptions. For accessibility, all form fields need a text description tool tip.