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Last updated on
Jul 7, 2023
Learn how to use Acrobat's cloud-based auto-tagging feature to create accurate and detailed tags enhancing accessibility for screen readers.
Acrobat now offers a cloud-based auto-tagging feature to enhance accessibility and generate detailed tags for eligible PDF documents. When a document is opened for auto-tagging, Acrobat assesses its layout, structure, and content to determine if it's eligible. The feature provides accurate results, identifies scanned text, and includes capabilities like:
- Identifying heading levels across the document.
- Spotting tables, regardless of borders.
- Detecting lists, even those within lists.
- Establishing reading order for multicolumn layouts.
Use the cloud-based auto-tagging feature from the Accessibility tool
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Open a PDF in Acrobat and choose Tools > Accessibility > Autotag Document.
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Acrobat prompts if you want to enable cloud-based auto-tagging for accessibility. Select Enable.
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Acrobat analyzes your PDF and, if found suitable, applies tags using its cloud-based auto-tagging feature. After tagging, Acrobat shows a successful tagging message. For more information, select the info icon.
Note:The cloud-based auto-tagging does not save your PDF on the cloud.
If Acrobat determines the PDF is unsuitable for the new cloud-based auto-tagging, it will tag the PDF locally using the existing tagging method. For more information on unsupported files, select the info icon.
Preference to enable or disable cloud-based auto-tagging
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Open Preferences in Acrobat by pressing Ctrl + K (Windows®) or Command + K (macOS).
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In the Categories on the left, choose Accessibility.
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To enable, select Enable cloud-based auto-tagging for accessibility, or deselect it to disable, then select OK.
