Accessibility validation with
Adobe Acrobat or CommonLook PDF Validator?

CommonLook PDF Validator plugin enhances native
accessibility validation capabilities and features of
Adobe Acrobat Professional and Standard.

CommonLook PDF Validator tests against following accessibility standards
ISO PDF/UA, W3C/WCAG 2.0 AA / 2.1 AA, U.S. Section 508 och U.S. HHS.

Fast PDF Verification – Assured!

CommonLook PDF Validator provides users with a certification report
for each tested document.
Communications and compliance specialists can rest assured
that their PDFs are compliant with accessibility standards.

With other verification products, it’s not uncommon that documents
will pass the tests, but still not be accessible and compliant.

Making a PDF Compliant and Accessible.
Once a PDF has been tested using the CommonLook PDF Validator,
it may be necessary to fix some issues to bring it into compliance.

We highly recommend using CommonLook PDF to fix PDFs
that are not compliant with accessibility standards.

Complete PDF Verification and Validation at Your Fingertips:

• Verifies and validates document compliance automatically


• Only PDF checker that tests against several standards:
  - ISO PDF/UA, WCAG 2.0 AA / 2.1 AA, U.S. Section 508, and U.S. HHS


• Customize checkpoints to each standard,
  to meet organization’s accessibility needs


• Test (and revise status of) checkpoints which
  require manual verification


• Change the verification status of any checkpoint
  (i.e. Passed, Not Applicable, etc.)


• Generate a recognized compliance report for each document


• And CommonLook PDF Validator is Free!

Key Features:

Test Document Properties

• View and verify appropriate metadata including
  Title, Subject, Author, Keywords, Language, and Country


• Verify that the document will display the Title (not the file name)


• View and verify accurate bookmarks


• Check that fonts are properly embedded in the document


• Test that characters in text objects are mapped to Unicode

Verify Proper Tagging

• View the Tags tree to verify proper tagging and
  to verify logical reading order


• Verify proper tag nesting


• Verify proper use of heading tags


• Selecting a tag in the Tags tree highlights the content in the PDF


• Highlighting content in the PDF automatically selects the tag


• Tag Properties panel conveniently displays
  the properties of any tag
  (alternative text, table summary, tooltip, etc.)


• Verify and Pass the Alternative text on any tag


• Selecting an error in the verification results
  shows the element in the PDF


• Verify proper role mapping for custom tags


• Easily view untagged content


• Test for the presence of empty tags


• Check for empty tags that contain Alternative text

Lists and Links

• Test for proper assembly of List and Link tags


• Test for, and allow the user to verify link tag Alternative text


• Test for, and allow the user to verify
  link annotation Contents (PDF/UA)


• Test for “broken” links

Forms

• Test for proper assembly of Form tags


• Test for Tooltips


• Allow the user to verify accuracy of Tooltips

Tables

• Test for table regularity


• Test for proper assembly of table tags


• Test for existence of table summaries


• Allow the user to verify accuracy of table summaries

Workstation System Requirements

• Microsoft Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP


• Adobe Acrobat 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 (Acrobat X),
  11.0 (Acrobat XI), or Acrobat DC - Standard or Professional

CommonLook Software Tools

We also offer CommonLook industry-leading software tools
to help automate the accessibility testing and remediation.