Adobe Reader Toolbars
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Adobe Reader has a series of toolbars and menus providing some useful reading strategies. Some toolbars appear by default; some are hidden. The toolbars that automatically appear when you open the Reader are: File toolbar, Page Navigation toolbar, Select & Zoom toolbar, Page Display toolbar and Find toolbar. Under the Tools menu you can add buttons and it may be helpful to have quick access to different Page Displays. Go to the Edit menu and choose Preferences if you want some of your choices to be there when you open a document such as High Contrast mode or once again different page layouts. Under the View Menu you will find Read Out Loud - this has to be activated and there is no button for the toolbar in version 8.0
- Adobe PDF Accessibility
The Portable Document Format (PDF) developed by Adobe can be made accessible, but it very much depends on how the original document is designed. If it is a poster created in a publishing application, scanned or saved from a Word document and locked down for copyright reasons then saved as PDF, it is liable to act in the same way as a picture. This means the text cannot be read by a screen reader or adapted for easier reading. It is appreciated that the concept of the PDF is to ensure that printed or saved versions of a document remain as the author intends, but there are ways to help the reader who uses assistive technologies or requires different formats of the text and graphics.
- Adobe PDF Easy Reading
The Portable Document Format (PDF) developed by Adobe can be easier to read if it has the right tags for graphics and a structured layout as well as reading areas that flow in a way that makes sense when they are read with a screen reader or text to speech. Sadly there are times when PDFs are totally inaccessible so a work around is required. This guide offers some hints and tips for easy reading with further links.
- Adobe Accessibility Training Resources
Reading and creating accessible PDF documents – a set of tutorials that are easy to follow
