Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

Create a tagged PDF from a web page

A PDF that you create from a web page is only as accessible as the HTML source that it is based on. For example, if the web page relies on tables for its layout design (as many web pages do), the HTML code for the table may not flow in the same logical reading order as a tagged PDF would require, even though the HTML code is sufficiently structured to display all the elements correctly in a browser.

Depending on the complexity of the web page, you may need to do extensive repairs by using the TouchUp Reading Order tool or editing the tag tree in Acrobat.

To produce the most accessible PDFs from web pages you create, first establish a logical reading order in their HTML code. For best results, employ the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines that are published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The guidelines are available on the W3C website at www.w3.org.

  1. Choose File > Create PDF > From Web Page.
  2. For URL, type the address of the web page, or navigate to the web page location.
  3. Click Settings.
  4. In the General tab, select Create PDF Tags, and then click OK.
  5. Select any other options as appropriate, and then click Create.