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This video will walk users through how to create an accessible form in Adobe Acrobat Pro. This video uses a document from last week's video: https://youtu.be/Q7XdQqa8TUM Blog: https://theaccessibilityguy.com/creating-accessible-pdf-forms-a-comprehensive-guide/ 0:00 Introduction 0:23 Step 1: Make the doc accessible 0:33 Add the document tag 0:42 Add alternate text 0:57 Fix with reading order tool 1:21 Artifact blank spaces 1:39 Add a title to the document 1:51 Form Accessibility 2:01 Prepare Form Tools 3:01 Manual add form fields 5:06 Create a placeholder tag 5:11 Options Find Unmarked Annotation 5:49 Moving the form objects 6:10 Create a Form Parent Tag 7:06 Form Descriptions 8:26 Test order with keyboard 8:51 Conditional Formmating 9:46 Text object not tagged 10:57 Artifact "extra" spaces 11:20 Add PDF/UA identifier 11:40 Open up the preflight Check out The Accessibility Guy's full suite of Accessibility services: https://theaccessibilityguy.com/services/ Join my exclusive channel membership and access deep dive tutorials and members-only benefits like discounts on accessible document services, training, and consulting: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPO0yzGQJmAa290DjrByhwQ/join For more PDF Accessibility Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2GnpAhfNiFE-EYzE52ZVf1s0Kw3FJz1F PDF Demos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2GnpAhfNiFF0R3lv4SjZlT1lGfq_omsU
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