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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 09:06:44 +0000
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+<helpdocument version="1.0">
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+
+<meta>
+ <topic id="accessibilitycheck" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+ <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Accessibility Check</title>
+ <filename>/text/swriter/01/accessibility_check.xhp</filename>
+ </topic>
+</meta>
+<body>
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id551630942369429">
+ <bookmark_value>accessibility;check in text document</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>PDF/UA;check</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
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+<section id="accessibilitycheckheading">
+ <h1 id="hd_id771630940172827"><variable id="accessibilitycheckh1"><link href="text/swriter/01/accessibility_check.xhp" name="Accessibility Check">Accessibility Check</link></variable></h1>
+ <paragraph id="par_id951630940172830" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Review common accessibility problems in the document, and support for PDF/UA specifications in the PDF export dialog.</paragraph>
+</section>
+<section id="howtoget">
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id311630940367510">Choose <menuitem>Tools - Accessibility Check</menuitem>.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id521630941308319">Select <menuitem>File - Export as PDF - General - Universal Accessibility (PDF/UA)</menuitem> and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
+</section>
+
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id901630941406987">The Accessibility Check tool traverses the document structure and gather all possible accessibility issues. The check can be run manually through the menu or it will be triggered after PDF export dialog, when the PDF/UA support is enabled.</paragraph>
+
+<h2 id="hd_id271630943848307">The Accessibility Check dialog</h2>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id681630943858371">The Accessibility Check dialog shows a list of all issues found in the text document.</paragraph>
+<h3 id="hd_id841630943833924">Go to Issue</h3>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id41630943863594">Click the button to jump to the page and select the object or issue that requires attention for accessibility.</paragraph>
+
+<h2 id="hd_id121630943721145">Common accessibility checks</h2>
+
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id31630941412046">The checks that are currently implemented are:</paragraph>
+<list type="unordered">
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id191630941836904" role="listitem">Check that the document title is set.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id1001630941860410" role="listitem">Check that the document language is set, or that all styles that are in use, have the language set.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id1001630941880414" role="listitem">Check all images, graphics, OLE objects for the alt (or title in some objects) text.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id491630941907745" role="listitem">Check that tables do not include split or merged cells, which could be disorienting for users with visual impairments.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id901630941949974" role="listitem">Check for fake/manual numbering (not using integrated numbering). For example writing "1." "2." "3." at the beginning of the paragraphs.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id981630941970321" role="listitem">Check that hyperlink text is not a hyperlink itself - hyperlink should be described.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id421630941989099" role="listitem">Check for the contrast between text and the background. The algorithm is described in the WCAG specification.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id781630942005022" role="listitem">Check for blinking text, which can be problematic for people with cognitive disabilities or photosensitive epilepsy.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id651630942022847" role="listitem">Check for footnotes and endnotes, which should be avoided.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id531630942039864" role="listitem">Check for heading order. Order of the headings must increase incrementally with no skips (for example Heading 1 to Heading 3, skipping Heading 2).</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id221630942064725" role="listitem">Check, if text conveys additional meaning with (direct) formatting.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+</list>
+<section id="relatedtopics">
+<embed href="text/shared/guide/accessibility.xhp#accessibility"/>
+</section>
+</body>
+</helpdocument>