Introduction

The PDF scan evaluates your PDF files for accessibility issues and displays issues that need to be fixed.

Navigation

1. Log in to your Web Governance account.
2. Select the domain that you want to work with.
3. Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible.
4. Click
   Accessibility
   .
5. Select PDFs.

Landing page

The dashboard has these features:

• Tabs
  • Internal PDF

  • External PDF

    Note

    Web Governance  cannot do a scan on external PDFs. The scan identifies and lists them in this module.

Internal PDF

When you select this option, the page displays these fields:

• Remaining Credits: The number of PDF scans remaining in your plan.
• A Search field
• A Filter button
• An Edit columns button
• An Export button
• Table tabs: These indicate the status of the PDF accessibility scan.
  • Pending
  • Queued
  • Failed
  • Approved
• Table columns:
  • PDF name: The name of the scanned PDF file.
  • Tagged: Tags are displayed in this column after a successful scan of the PDF file.
  • Date Created: The date of creation for the PDF file.
  • Pages: The number of pages that the PDF file has.
  • Words: The number of words that the PDF file has.
  • PDF Clicks: The number of time visitors clicked the PDF file.
  • Actions: Menu on each row with these options:
    • Scan for accessibility 
    • Mark as approved

External PDF

When you select this option, the page displays these fields:

• Table tabs
  • Pending 
  • Approved
• A Search field
• An Export button
• Table columns:
  • PDF link
  • Actions

User actions

This section describes the actions you can take for each type of PDF.

Internal PDF

You can do these actions for this type of PDF.

• Remaining Credits: View the number of PDF scans remaining in your plan.
• Search: Type a search string into the search text box to locate a specific page title or URL.
• Filter: Click the filter icon to filter for:
  • Tagged
  • Untagged
• Edit columns: Click and select table columns to show or hide.
• Export: Click and select the data to export:
  • Export all internal PDFs
• Table tabs: View the status of the PDF scan.
• Table columns:
  • PDF name: 
    • Use the arrows to sort the column ascending or decending. 
    • View the name of the scanned PDF file.
    • Click the link to open the PDF file.
  • Tagged: View the tags assigned to the PDF file.
  • Date Created: Use the arrows to sort the column ascending or decending. View the date of creation for the PDF file.
  • Pages: Use the arrows to sort the column ascending or decending. View the number of pages that the PDF file has.
  • Words: Use the arrows to sort the column ascending or decending. View the number of words that the PDF file has.
  • : The number of time visitors clicked the PDF file.

External PDF

You can do these actions for this type of PDF:

• Table tabs: Select to view Pending or Approved PDF files.
• Search:  Type a search string into the search text box to locate a specific page title or URL.
• Export: Click and select the data to export:
  • Export all external PDFs
• Table columns:
  • PDF link: Click to open the PDF.
  • Actions:
    • Mark as approved

Accessibility PDFs