{"id":97,"date":"2013-04-17T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:34:50","slug":"creating-accessible-pdf-files","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/resources\/creating-accessible-pdf-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Accessible PDF Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PDF format is commonly used to distribute information or forms in which the content or formatting should not be changed. \u00a0PDFs can be made accessible; the list below includes information about accessible PDFs for a variety of PDF creation situations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Adobe Accessibility Training Resources\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/accessibility\/products\/acrobat\/training.html\">Adobe Accessibility Training Resources<\/a>: Detailed guides from Adobe covering an overview of PDF accessibility along with step by step procedures for Acrobat Pro. \u00a0Includes information on Acrobat 8, 9, X, and XI.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"GOALS Cheatsheet on PDF Conversion\" href=\"http:\/\/ncdae.org\/resources\/cheatsheets\/pdf.php\">GOALS Cheatsheet for PDF Conversion<\/a>: A one-page cheatsheet from Project GOALS (part of the National Center on Disability and Access to Education) explaining how to convert an existing Word or other non-PDF document into an accessible PDF.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"GOALS Cheatsheet on Acrobat Pro\" href=\"http:\/\/ncdae.org\/resources\/cheatsheets\/acrobat.php\">GOALS Cheatsheet on Acrobat Pro<\/a>:\u00a0A one-page cheatsheet from Project GOALS (part of the National Center on Disability and Access to Education) explaining how to create an accessible PDF document using Adobe Acrobat Pro.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"GOALS Cheatsheet on Adobe InDesign\" href=\"http:\/\/ncdae.org\/resources\/cheatsheets\/indesign.php\">GOALS Cheatsheet on Adobe InDesign<\/a>:\u00a0A one-page cheatsheet from Project GOALS (part of the National Center on Disability and Access to Education) explaining how to create an accessible PDF document using Adobe InDesign.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/mnit\/about-mnit\/accessibility\/training\/pdf-101.jsp\">MN.IT Services PDF information<\/a>: Information from the State of Minnesota on creating accessible PDF documents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PDF format is commonly used to distribute information or forms in which the content or formatting should not be changed. \u00a0PDFs can be made accessible; the list below includes information about accessible PDFs for a variety of PDF creation situations. Adobe Accessibility Training Resources: Detailed guides from Adobe covering an overview of PDF accessibility &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/resources\/creating-accessible-pdf-files\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creating Accessible PDF Files&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/232"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}