RAPDF 1.1: Criteria and tests

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate the decorative images in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that each of them is absent from the rendered content (absence of the FIGURE element).
5. If this is not the case, check that each image has no alternative (empty ALT element).
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate the images conveying information in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that each image (FIGURE element) is accompanied by an alternative (ALT element).
5. If this is not the case, check that the image is immediately followed by a link to a text alternative (LINK element).
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate the images conveying information in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that the alternatives (ALT element or content linked by an adjacent link) contain all the information needed to understand the content with which the image is associated.
5. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Identify the images conveying information that require detailed description in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that each image (FIGURE element) is accompanied by an adjacent text that serves as a detailed description.
5. If this is not the case, check that each image is accompanied by an adjacent link providing access to the detailed description.
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Locate the images conveying information associated with a detailed description.
3. Check that the detailed description adjacent to or accessible via an adjacent link includes all the information contained in the image.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate images associated with legends in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that the legend is adjacent to the image (there is no content between the legend and the image).
5. Check that the alternative image contains an explicit reference to the legend.
6. If it does, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate all text that may be presented as an image in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that each text is actually presented in image form (FIGURE element).
5. Check that the image is accompanied by an anchor (LINK element) enabling an alternative text version to be consulted.
6. If this is not the case, check that the image is accompanied by a link (LINK element) enabling you to consult an alternative text version of the document in which the image of text is replaced.
7. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Locate the information (provided by colour).
3. For each piece of information (word or set of words, text indication, information provided by colour in the images), check that colour is not the only means of retrieving the information. For example:
   • The word or set of words is accompanied by an icon with a relevant alternative.
   • The text indication refers to an explicit text or an icon with a relevant alternative.
   • The indication given by colour in an image is accompanied by a visual indication (legend, symbol, etc.).
   • The indication given by a layout is accompanied by an icon with a relevant alternative.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader and the Colour Contrast Analyser tool

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Using the Colour Contrast Analyser tool, check that
   • the default body text and image of text of equivalent size has a contrast ratio with the background colour of 4.5:1, at least;
   • the text and image of text in a significantly enlarged size have a contrast ratio with the background colour of at least 3:1.
3. If this is not the case, check that there is a way of obtaining a version of the document with sufficient contrast.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader and the Colour Contrast Analyser tool

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Identify the graphic elements that carry information.
3. Using the Colour Contrast Analyser tool, check that
   • the contrast ratio between each of the information-conveying colours and its adjacent colour(s) is at least 3:1;
   • the contrast ratio between each of the information-conveying colours and the background colour is at least 3:1;
   • the contrast ratio between each state of the same graphic element is at least 3:1;
   • the contrast ratio between each state of the same graphic element and the background colour is at least 3:1.
4. If this is not the case, check that there is a way of obtaining a version of the document with sufficient contrast.
5. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Identify complex data tables.
3. Check that there is an anchor adjacent to the table that provides access to an alternative.
4. If not, check that there is an adjacent alternative.
5. If not, check that there is an adjacent link to a document containing an alternative to the complex data table.
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Identify the complex data tables associated with an alternative.
3. Check that the alternative provides the same information as the complex data table.
4. If it does, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate the data tables in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that each cell used as a header is correctly structured (TH element).
5. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate the layout tables in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that when the cells are browsed in the order in which they are presented, the content remains understandable.
5. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate the presentation tables in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that the table has no TH elements.
5. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

Test 4.1.1 with Acrobat Reader and PAC

1. Open the PDF file with PAC.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the content of the file is displayed as it will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate the links in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that the link has a self-explanatory accessible name:
   • text content of the LINK element;
   • text content of the ALT element of the image (FIGURE element) contained in the link;
   • or a combination of the two.
5. If this is not the case, check in PAC that the sentence containing the link makes it explicit.
6. If this is not the case, check in PAC that the heading immediately preceding the link (Hx element) makes it explicit.
7. If this is the case, the test is validated.

Test 4.1.2 with Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file with Acrobat Reader.
2. Look for identical links.
3. Click on the links and check that the associated resources are identical.
4. If they are, the test is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate the image links in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that the image has an alternative content (ALT element contained in the LINK element).
5. Identify links built with a complex shape in the original document.
6. Check in PAC that the complex shape has a populated alternative (ALT element).
7. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate the passages of text that should be headings in the original document and check in PAC that these headings are presented using an Hx element where x is the heading level, for example H1.
4. Locate all the headings identified in the document and check that the tree structure is consistent (the nesting of heading levels in relation to each other is consistent).
5. Check that each heading identified in the document adequately describes the content with which it is associated.
6. If this is the case, the test is validated.

Test 5.2.1 with PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Identify the content presented as an unordered and ordered list in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that
   • the list is presented using an L element;
   • each list item is presented using an LI element.
5. If this is the case, the test is validated.

Test 5.2.2 with Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. For each list to be ordered, check that each list item is associated with an index.
3. If this is the case, the test is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Check that all the content uses appropriate elements, and in particular that there are no
   • blocks of text associated with an Hx element (for example a block of text associated with an H1 element);
   • successive empty paragraphs;
   • blocks of text where each line is presented in the form of a paragraph (P element).
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. For each block quotation, verify that the block quotation is structured using a BlockQuote element.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader and PAC

Test 6.1.1 with Acrobat Reader and PAC

1. Open the PDF file with PAC.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the content of the file is displayed as it will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Locate content in PAC that appears
   • as a column in the original document;
   • in the form of independent text zones, whether or not associated with a block of text in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that this content is presented in a coherent order to make the document as a whole comprehensible.
5. Check that there is no other content in an inconsistent order.
6. If this is the case, the test is validated.

Note: in most cases, the text zone will be followed immediately in PAC by an empty FIGURE element. This FIGURE element can be ignored.

Test 6.1.2 with Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Use the tab key to scroll through the items that can be tabbed.
3. Check that the tab order is consistent: the tab items are presented in a logical and consistent order.
4. If this is the case, the test is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

Test 6.2.1 with Acrobat Reader

1. Open the file with Acrobat Reader.
2. Locate the information in the text that uses a change in character type or style (bold, italic, font);
3. Check that the information transmitted using a typeface or character style is associated with an equivalent text indication.
4. If this is the case, the test is validated.

Test 6.2.2 with Acrobat Reader

1. Open the file with Acrobat Reader.
2. Locate information in the text that uses a visual indication by means of positioning or the presence of a special character (e.g. a mathematical or graphic symbol).
3. Check that the information conveyed by means of positioning or the presence of a special character is associated with an equivalent text indication.
4. If this is the case, the test is validated.

With Acrobat Reader and the Colour Contrast Analyser tool

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Identify links inserted in blocks of text (paragraphs, headings, lists, etc.) and indicated only by colour.
3. Using the Colour Contrast Analyser tool, check that the contrast ratio between the font colour of the link and the font colour of the surrounding text is greater than or equal to 3:1.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Consult the properties panel ("File" menu, then "Properties" option) and the "Description" tab.
3. Check that the "Title" field is filled in.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. View the properties panel ("File" menu, then "Properties" option) and the "Description" tab.
3. Check that the text entered in the "Title" field is relevant.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Identify the complex decorative shapes in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that each of them is absent from the rendered content (absence of the FIGURE element).
5. If this is not the case, check that each of them has no alternative (empty ALT element).
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Identify in the original document the complex shapes conveying information.
4. Check in PAC that each of them (FIGURE element) is accompanied by a populated alternative (ALT element).
5. If this is not the case, check that the complex shape is immediately followed by a link providing access to a text alternative (LINK element).
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Identify in the original document the complex shapes conveying information.
4. Check in PAC that the alternatives (ALT element or content linked by an adjacent link) contain all the information needed to understand the content with which the complex shape is associated.
5. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Identify the complex shapes conveying information that require detailed description in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that each of them is accompanied by an adjacent text that serves as a detailed description.
5. If this is not the case, check that each one is accompanied by an adjacent link providing access to the detailed description.
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Identify the complex shapes conveying information associated with a detailed description in the original document.
3. Check that the adjacent detailed description or the one that can be consulted via an adjacent link includes all the information contained in the complex shape.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With PAC

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Open "Screen reader preview", the contents of the file are displayed as they will be rendered, with the element(s) used preceding each content.
3. Identify the complex shapes associated with legends in the original document.
4. Check in PAC that the legend is adjacent to the complex shape (there is no content between the legend and the complex shape).
5. Check that the alternative for the complex shape contains an explicit reference to the legend.
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Identify cryptic content.
3. Check that a definition is available in the adjacent context (immediately before or after the cryptic content).
4. If so, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Identify cryptic content associated with an alternative.
3. Check that the proposed alternative provides the same information as the cryptic content.
4. If it does, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Look for blinking or moving content.
3. Check that the duration of the blinking or movement is less than or equal to 5 seconds.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. For each form field, check that:
   • the label is visible in the document;
   • a tooltip is displayed when hovering over the field.
3. Check that each field is present.
4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. For each form field that has a tooltip when hovered over, check that the tooltip content:
   • provides information about the exact function of the associated field;
   • contains at least the label visible in the document.
3. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Locate in the document the form fields with the same functions.
3. Check that the contents of the field tooltips are consistent with each other.
4. Check that the visible labels are also consistent with each other.
5. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Check that the visible labels are attached to the fields with which they are associated.
3. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Use the tab key to exit fields or, if the form allows, submit the form.
3. Identify fields marked as mandatory in the document.
4. Check that the mandatory or optional status is clearly indicated:
   • either by text (e.g. ‘mandatory’);
   • or by a visual indication (e.g. "*") defined before the form by a text indication (e.g. ‘Fields preceded by ("*") are mandatory’).
5. Check that the indication of whether a field is mandatory or optional is:
   • visible in the document, prior to form validation;
   • contained in the tooltip, prior to form validation.
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Fill in form fields with values that are likely to cause input errors (e.g. entering an incorrectly formatted email address).
3. Use the tab key to exit fields or, if the form allows it, to send the form.
4. For each form field that has an input validation, check that the instruction or indication of the data type
   • is indicated by means of visible text near the field, prior to form validation;
   • is contained in the field's tooltip, prior to form validation.
5. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Fill in form fields with values that are likely to cause input errors (e.g. entering an incorrectly formatted email address).
3. Use the tab key to exit fields or, if the form allows it, to send the form.
4. For each error message displayed, check that it is indicated via an information window.
5. Otherwise, for each field, check that:
   • the error message is indicated by means of text visible in the document near the field;
   • the tooltip contains information similar to the text visible in the document.
6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.

2. Fill in form fields with values that are likely to cause input errors (e.g. entering an incorrectly formatted email address).

3. Use the tab key to exit fields or, if the form allows it, to send the form.

4. For each error message relating to a data type, format or expected value displayed in an information window, check that the error message includes an example of an actual input (for an email address, check that it includes a real address in the format ‘jean.dupont@sample.com’).

5. For each error message relating to a data type, format or expected value specified directly in the document, check

   • that it contains an example of a real input (for an email address, check that a real address is mentioned, such as ‘jean.dupont@sample.com’);
   • that it is visible near the field;
   • that the tooltip contains information similar to the visible text.

6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. For each form button, check that a tooltip is displayed when hovering over it.
3. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. For each form button that has a tooltip when hovered over, check that the tooltip content:
   • allows the exact function of the button to be understood;
   • contains at least the label visible in the document.
3. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.

With Acrobat Reader

1. Open the PDF file.
2. Fill in the form.
3. For all data of a financial (e.g. an income statement), legal (e.g. an administrative act reference) or personal (e.g. a telephone number) nature, for each form that transmits answers to a test or examination, check that the user can:
   • modify or cancel data and carried out actions on this data while it is being entered (for example, a field is not deactivated after a value has been entered);
   • explicitly confirm the sending of this data using a dedicated mechanism (e.g. by ticking a confirmation box).
4. For each mechanism (e.g. a button) used to modify or delete data entered, check that the user can
   • cancel the changes made;
   • recover deleted data;
   • or explicitly confirm the modification or deletion of this data using a dedicated mechanism (e.g. a checkbox).
5. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.