Adobe Accessibility Checker: How to Check a PDF in Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat Pro’s Accessibility Checker is now located under All tools, View more, Prepare for accessibility, and Check for accessibility, where it evaluates PDFs against 32 rules covering document metadata, tags, page content, forms, alternate text, tables, lists, and headings. Its report categorizes items as Passed, Failed, Needs Manual Check, or Skipped By User, with failed items offering repair guidance and automated or dialog-based fixes for common issues such as missing tags, OCR text, titles, language settings, alt text, and tab order. However, a successful automated report does not establish full usability, because Acrobat cannot reliably judge reading order, alt-text accuracy, table relationships, color contrast in visual content, or the clarity of links and headings. The guide recommends retaining all check categories, manually reviewing flagged content and document structure, testing the finished PDF with a screen reader, and considering alternatives such as PAC or browser-based checkers when Acrobat Pro is unavailable.

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