PDFACCESS System Option

Specifies whether text and graphics from PDF documents can be read by screen readers for the visually impaired.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Log and procedure output control: PDF
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= PDF
Requirement: Adobe Acrobat Reader or Professional 5.0 and later versions
Note: This option can be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.
Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

PDFACCESS | NOPDFACCESS

Syntax Description

PDFACCESS
specifies that text and graphics from a PDF document can be read by screen readers for the visually impaired. This is the default.
NOPDFACCESS
specifies that text and graphics from a PDF document cannot be read by screen readers for the visually impaired.

Details

The PDFACCESS option can affect the Content Accessibility Enabled document property.
The document property values for PDF security are not changed when you set PDFSECURITY=NONE. The results are the same as not specifying the option at all.
The following table shows how the Content Accessibility Enabled document property is set when you specify the PDFACCESS option and set the PDFSECURITY= option to LOW or HIGH:
PDFACCESS
NOPDFACCESS
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
PDFSECURITY=LOW
PDFSECURITY=HIGH
Content Accessibility Enabled
Allowed
Allowed
Not Allowed
Allowed

See Also

Securing ODS Generated PDF Files in SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide
System Options:
PDFSECURITY= System Option
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