Reflow a tagged pdf, Return to unreflowed view, Reading a pdf with a screen reader – Adobe Acrobat XI User Manual
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Accessibility, tags, and reflow
Last updated 1/14/2015
Reflow a tagged PDF
Choose View > Zoom > Reflow.
If the Page Display setting is Two Page View before you choose Reflow view, the Page Display setting automatically
becomes Single Page View when the document is reflowed. If the Page Display setting is Two Page Scrolling before you
choose Reflow view, the Page Display setting automatically becomes Enable Scrolling when the document is reflowed.
Return to unreflowed view
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When in Reflow view, choose View > Zoom > Reflow.
Reading a PDF with a screen reader
Acrobat supports assistive software and devices, such as screen readers and screen magnifiers, that enable visually
impaired users to interact with computer applications. When assistive software and devices are in use, Acrobat adds
temporary tags to open PDFs to improve their readability. Use the Accessibility Setup Assistant to improve how Acrobat
interacts with the types of assistive software and devices that you use. When using a screen reader, you can change your
reading settings for the current document by choosing Tools > Accessibility > Change Reading Options.
See the documentation for your assistive software or device. Or, contact the vendor for more information about system
requirements, compatibility requirements, and instructions for using this software or device with Acrobat.
For more information about using screen readers, see
Read a PDF with Read Out Loud
The Read Out Loud feature reads aloud the text in a PDF, including the text in comments and alternate text descriptions
for images and fillable fields. In tagged PDFs, content is read in the order in which it appears in the document’s logical
structure tree. In untagged documents, the reading order is inferred, unless a reading order has been specified in the
Reading preferences.
ReadOut Loud uses the available voices installed on your system. If you have SAPI 4 or SAPI 5 voices installed from
text-to-speech or language applications, you can choose them to read your PDFs.
Note: ReadOut Loud isn’t a screen reader, and some operating systems don’t support it.