Setting Accessibility Preferences

If you help configure Adobe Reader for a person who uses an assistive device or a screen reader, you should first adjust preferences options for viewing PDF documents. If you aren't using such a device or a screen reader, be certain to leave all the viewing options at the default settings and ignore the following steps that describe accessibility setups.

To prepare the Adobe Reader environment for a screen reader:

1.	Open Adobe Reader and select Help > Accessibility Setup Assistant. You don't need a document open when adjusting settings in the Accessibility Setup Assistant.
2.	The Accessibility Setup Assistant window contains several panes that you advance through by clicking Next at the bottom of the window. The first pane (Figure 18.1) offers you the choice of letting the Assistant set up options according to recommended settings. Figure 18.1. Click Use recommended settings and skip setup if you want Adobe Reader to make setup choices for you.
3.	If you want to try the recommended settings, click Use recommended settings and skip setup. The settings are made, and the Accessibility Setup Assistant window closes. If you want to choose an option other than the recommended settings, click one of the three other options for the type of assistive technology you want to use and click Next. Additional panes offer you choices for text appearance, reading attributes, number of pages delivered to the assistive device, and document viewing options.
4.	Many of the settings in the Accessibility Setup Assistant are also available in the Preferences dialog. You can select various options using different category panes in the Preferences dialog. Additionally, an Accessibility category is available to set accessibility options. Press Ctrl/Command+K to open the Preferences dialog.
5.	Click Accessibility in the left pane, and the accessibility options appear in the right pane (Figure 18.2). Figure 18.2. Open the Preferences dialog and click the Accessibility category.
6.	If you're using an assistive device, you can choose the color scheme. The remaining choices are made for you by the Accessibility Setup Assistant. If you want to override an option, check the boxes for choices you want to change. If you're not using an assistive device, leave all the settings at the defaults.