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How to Create Accessible Headings in PDFs (and Stay ADA/Section 508 Compliant)

September 10, 2025
Document Accessibility
Author: AccessAbility Officer
Headings make your PDFs more accessible, navigable, and usable by everyone. It’s important for city, county and state government agencies

PDF Accessibility Simplified: Phase 2 Complex Tables and Forms

September 5, 2025
Document Accessibility
Author: AccessAbility Officer
Government agencies and municipalities are overwhelmed by the volume and complexity of achieving ADA compliance for all of their websites,

PDF Accessibility Simplified: Phase 1 Essentials Guide

August 26, 2025
Document Accessibility
Author: AccessAbility Officer
If you’ve been struggling with PDF accessibility, you can stop searching and briefly thank the AI and Google search gods.

How to Tag PDFs for Accessibility in Adobe Acrobat Pro

June 24, 2025
Document Accessibility
Author: AccessAbility Officer
Accessible PDF forms don’t start and stop with checkboxes and tables. In Part 1 of our Accessible PDF Series, we showed

How to Make Accessible PDF Forms in Adobe Acrobat (Text Fields, Radio Buttons, Checkboxes)

June 16, 2025
Document Accessibility
Author: AccessAbility Officer
PDF accessibility shouldn’t feel this hard but here we are. Adobe doesn’t make it easy, and with the DOJ’s new

How to Create Accessible Tables with Form Fields in PDFs using Adobe Pro

June 11, 2025
Document Accessibility
Author: AccessAbility Officer
You’ve found this article on accessible tables with form fields for PDFs using Adobe Pro because, well, Adobe made this

How to Make Digital Signatures Accessible for Visually Impaired Users

May 8, 2025
Document Accessibility
Author: Justin Heard
The Struggle of Inaccessible Signatures for Blind Users It's the end of a long workday, and I've arrived at the

How to Make Your Word Documents Accessible (ADA & WCAG 2.1 Compliance Guide)

June 27, 2024
Document Accessibility
Author: AccessAbility Officer
Creating accessible Word documents ensures that all users, including those with disabilities, can access and understand your content. Additionally, creating accessible