Word PDF Accessibility
Article• 11/26/2024
Authors can ensure that their Word documents are accessible to people with disabilities
even when distributing them in PDF format using the following approach:
1. First, they should follow the practices in Make your Word documents accessible to
people with disabilities.
2. Next, they should follow the steps in Create accessible PDFs to preserve the
accessibility of the document in PDF format.
This article provides details about the information Word includes in the PDF to make it
accessible.
1. PDF/UA  tags are included to provide semantic information about the content in
the document.
2. Decorative content does not need to be read, so it is marked as <Artifact> in the
Content Tree in the PDF and no PDF/UA tags are included.
3. Bookmarks for each section and slide are included to make it easier to navigate the
content.
Type of content Tags
Document
<Document>
Title
<Title>
H1, H2, etc.
<H1>, <H2>, etc.
Summary
PDF/UA Tags
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