Appropriate nesting

The check reports whether headings are nested properly. If the check fails, do the following steps:

• Right-click the failed element in Headings in the Accessibility Check panel and choose Show in Tags Panel from the context menu. 
• Create elements, change the types of elements, or reorganize the existing elements by dragging them to the proper position.

List items

The rule check reports whether the list structure in the document is correct. Lists must have the following structure: A list element must contain list item elements; a list item element may have a label element (optional) and a list item body element (required). To fix the issue, do the following steps:

For the table structure, which can be complex, Foxit PDF Editor recommends that users check them for accessibility manually.

Rows

If the check fails, open the Tags panel, and make sure that each Table Row in a table is a child of Table, THead, TBody, or TFoot in Foxit PDF Editor Pro. 

TH and TD

For accessibility, Table Header <TH> and Table Data <TD> are children of Table Row <TR>. If the check fails, verify it in the Tags panel in Foxit PDF Editor Pro.

Figures alternate text

For accessibility, images in the document either have alternate text, or are marked as artifacts. If the rule check fails, do any of the following in Foxit PDF Editor Pro:

Tagged form fields

The rule check reports whether all form fields in the document are tagged. If the rule check passes, you can also use the Tooltip in a form field’s properties to provide users with more information.

If it fails, do either of the following to fix the issue in Foxit PDF Editor Pro.

Tagged content

The rule check reports whether all content in the document is tagged or marked as an artifact. 

Artifacts are graphics objects that are typically not part of the author’s original content but rather are generated by the PDF producer application in the course of pagination, layout, or other strictly mechanical processes. Artifacts are not read by a screen reader. Page numbers, headers, and footers are often tagged as artifacts. 

To fix the issue, do any of the following in Foxit PDF Editor Pro:

Accessibility permission flag

Some documents may be protected by the document authors and no content can be copied, printed, extracted, annotated, or edited. This permission setting could interfere with a screen reader’s ability to read the documents because screen readers need to copy or extract the documents’ text to convert it to speech.

In the Accessibility Check panel where the Full Check results are listed, right-click an item and choose one of the following options from the context menu:

Fix: fixes the issue automatically, or prompts a dialog box where you need to fix it manually. (Pro Only)

Skip Rule: changes the item status to Skipped.

Explain: opens the online Help on the accessibility issue.

Check Again: checks all the items again.

When the check is completed, the Accessibility Check panel automatically expands in the navigation pane to display the check results. 

You can click Accessibility > Accessibility Report, or directly click the Accessibility Report panel in the navigation pane to open the Accessibility Report. You can also open the accessibility report file (if any) in a web browser.