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Results for Adobe Acrobat Professional

Description

Adobe Acrobat Professional is a software application used to view, create,manipulate and manage files in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). "PDF files are viewable and printable on virtually any platform - Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and many mobile platforms." They are used to maintain the intended look and feel of documents and at times to ensure security but this may impact on accessibility.

Accessibility Testing Results

This application is generally accessible but some improvements in terms of screen reader accessibility should be considered. Adobe have an accessibility standards compliance web page. WebAIM offer advice on PDF accessibility and Adobe offer training on how to make accessible PDF documents.

#	Test	Score	Summary
16	Built in accessibility checks		This application is fully accessible using built in AT.
17	Application works with External Assistive Technologies		All menu components and most of the features respond to NVDA. In addition, it works very well with the Lightning Magnifier. The application is keyboard accessible and if correct tags and navigation is used documents can be made accessible to AT users.
18	Text or other alternatives for image elements.		It is possible to add alternative tags and descriptions to images so that a screen reader user can hear them when using Adobe Reader or other screen reader software.
19	Keyboard / Alternative input with focus		All features can be accessed using the keyboard with keyboard short cuts shown within the menus which can be reached easily using Alt key + the appropriate letter on the Windows system.
20	Labels for objects, fields or controls		All menus have good labels, but some features have odd titles, which is not helpful for a screen reader user.
21	Audio alerts have visual cues		There do not appear to be any audible alerts that apply during the development of documents within the program.
22	Alternatives for Video / Animation		Not applicable.
23	Media events offer user control		Not applicable, there are no animation or media features
24	Textual Information for screen reader		Menu items can be heard, but there are some features including some form elements that cannot be accessed using a screen reader. Programs such as magnification with text to speech does not always allow for typing echo and text cursor tracking.
25	Keyboard shortcut keys offered		In each menu there are shortcuts in correspondence to a specific action. The program works well with the standard keyboard shortcuts.
26	Save user preferences for style and zoom		Documents developed within this program can be adapted to suit the user if security settings have not been put in place. It may be possible to use zoom magnification and change background colours but not change font types.
27	Timed events can be altered		This is not applicable unless the documents are used for assessment and then the timing would have to be manually for an onscreen situation.
28	Change colours and contrast		This application can inherit system setting, but there are no colour changing options specifically for the application. However, documents can be developed to suit a user if planned ahead of the document creation.
29	Uniform and standardised presentation		The menus are easy to use and well laid out
30	Documentation		There are help files included within the program, plus online help and support areas. In addition, help files can accessed using NVDA screen reader.

Disability-Tailored Results

The following table shows how well the product performs for people with disabilities, as listed in the Disabilities section.

Percentages do not indicate how much of a site is accessible. They indicate the average figure of test results relevant to each disability. Select a disability to see which tests are relevant to it.

Activities you can do with Adobe Acrobat Professional

• Text-based Editable Information
• Documentation creation