Determine if the Document is Tagged
Reveal the Tags Panel
There are two ways to accomplish this:
Check Document Properties
Tags
This option is the most efficient way to check for tags. Document Properties can also indicate if the PDF is tagged.
Anywhere on the PDF, right-click > Document Properties. Alternatively, on the keyboard:
CTRL (for Windows) or CMD (for Mac) + D
Application - Source Document
This allows you to view the original program that the document was created in under Application. In this example, the application is Word. This provides helpful insight. This means we can easily convert the PDF document into a Word doc, and apply all the accessibility principles in that environment as it's much easier than in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. Though this solution may not work for all documents.
Use Tags Panel to view tags
- To open the Tags panel, select View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes >Tags.
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Examine the Tags panel.
- A tagged document will show tags and a structure tree descending from the root node. To fully expand the entire tree, Control + click on the root node labelled “Tags” (See “Figure 12. Tags Panel Structure Tree Showing Tags”).
- An untagged document will display the words “No Tags Available” as its root and no structure tree will appear (See “Figure 13. Tags Panel with No Tags Available”).
Untagged PDF
Tagged PDF