Excel PDF Accessibility
Article• 11/26/2024
Authors can ensure that their Execl workbooks 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 Accessibility best practices with Excel
spreadsheets.
2. Next, they should follow the steps in Create accessible PDFs to preserve the
accessibility of the workbook in PDF format.
This article provides details about the information Excel 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.
Type of content Tags
Workbook
<Document>
  Type=Workbook
Range of Cells
<Table>
  <TR>
    <TD>
      text content
Table
<Table>
  <THead>
    <TR>
Summary
PDF/UA Tags
ﾉ Expand table