How to make a table accessible | WORD to PDF | Adobe Acrobat PRO | Document with English and Spanish

This video will show how to convert a document from word to PDF using the "create PDF" from within Microsoft Word. This demo document uses two languages in the body text, and has images inside of the table. I found a bug when adding alternate text to a table within word and then converting it to PDF. This is a great demo for those looking to become more well versed in minor nuances within Word to PDF Conversion.

00:12 - Checking if the table has already been tagged and making it accessible by changing the section tag to a document tag
01:09 - Making a blank p tag an artifact
01:54 - Opening the table editor to adjust the reading order and checking the table structure
03:02 - Removing the blank p tags and cleaning up the table structure
03:46 - Running the accessibility checker and finding missing nested alternate text
04:42 - Fixing missing alternate text by adding it in the accessibility checker panel
05:09 - User verified images and headings
05:17 - User verified links and formatting
05:25 - User verified color contrast
05:29 - Nested alt text failure
06:06 - Fixing the nested alt text
07:02 - Bug with alternate text on tables in Word
08:07 - Fixing the document accessibility issues
09:01 - Checking Spanish text language setting
09:53 - Conclusion

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[colinbyers]

Great video Shawn! I have a question though, why convert the empty "p" tag to an artifact rather than just deleting it, is this step necessary for some reason?

[Heymscarter]

Does the P tag come from paragrpgh marks in Microsoft word?

[metaverseant]

Hi I have a table that has been labelled as 'p' tag, can this be amended to TH?