Resources on Adobe Acrobat and PDF Accessibility

Duff Johnson Planet PDF Contributing Editor

April 22, 2004

Editor's Note: This article is part of the Accessible PDF Learning Center

From International standards to how-to guides

The following resources are relevant to the Planet PDF article "Duff Johnson offers strategic review of PDF accessibility":

• Get a quick Section 508 test for your web pages (not PDFs) from Bobby
• Section 508: The Road to Accessibility
• Chafee Amendment
• Section 508 Web Standards & WCAG Priority 1 Checkpoints A Side-by-side Comparison
• International Accessibility Standards
• Accessibility - Standards and Guidelines: Canada
• Government of Canada - Accessibility Guide
• California AB422
• Access.Adobe.Com
• Adobe Accessibility Initiatives fact sheet [PDF: 968kb]
• Section 508 Templates - Adobe.com
• Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and Section 508
• Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and Section 508 [PDF: 94kb]
• Analysis of Acrobat 5.0 compared to Sec. 508 standards [PDF: 362kb]

• L Acrobat solutions for accessibility
• FAQ: Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and accessibility
• FAQ: Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and accessibility [PDF: 451kb]
• Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF Documents
• Text-only Adobe Acrobat Reader download page - includes Acrobat Reader 5.1 for Windows with Search and Accessibility
• Acrobat 5.0.5 Accessibility and Forms patch
• Acrobat 5.0 Make Accessible plug-in
• Adobe Acrobat Capture Agent Pack
• FAQ: Adobe Acrobat Capture Agent Pack [PDF: 300kb]
• Acrobat 5.0 Paper Capture plug-in
• Training: Creating accessible forms with Adobe PDF Forms Access [PDF: 1.8 MB] - for instructor
• Training: Creating accessible forms with Adobe PDF Forms Access [PDF: 1.8 MB] - for student
• Enhancing the Accessibility of the Web with Adobe Acrobat Software White Paper
• Enhancing the Accessibility of the Web with Adobe Acrobat Software White Paper [PDF: 356kb]
• How to Create Accessible Adobe PDF Files Booklet
• How to Create Accessible Adobe PDF Files Booklet [PDF: 336kb]
• Booklet: Advanced techniques for creating accessible Adobe PDF files
• Booklet: Advanced techniques for creating accessible Adobe PDF files [PDF: 378kb]
• Technical Note: Reading PDF files through MSAA [PDF: 632kb]