Step 1
Identify downloads needed for purchase or product use and prioritize representative files.
Practical review guide · Free worksheet
Review downloadable product documents for accessibility
Direct answerCheck whether essential information in downloadable documents can be read and navigated, and provide an appropriate alternative when needed. A browser page scan cannot inspect every document barrier.
Reviewed by ComplyFolio. Store owners, accessibility reviewers and developers testing real ecommerce journeys.
Get the working templateReview procedure
These are suggested operational checks to apply to your own evidence. They are not additional legal requirements or claims that the workspace automates this entire task.
Step 2
Inspect text availability, reading order, headings and meaningful descriptions using suitable tools and manual review.
Step 3
Test links and document navigation with assistive technology.
Step 4
Record an accessible alternative or remediation task for information that remains unavailable.
Worked example
A product guide is a scanned PDF with no selectable text and diagrams that carry essential assembly information.
What the reviewer finds
- The PDF contains only scanned images.
- Assembly steps cannot be understood from the extracted text.
Resulting record
A document accessibility inventory with remediation and alternative-format tasks.
Boundary: This worksheet is not a PDF conformance validator or a complete legal assessment.
This scenario is fictional. It illustrates a review decision, not a customer outcome or a compliance determination.
Download the blank working record
The Markdown worksheet includes the procedure, the fields below, and space for findings, evidence, owners and retests. It contains no pre-approved findings. Edit it locally without an account.
- Document
- Essential information
- Reading-order issue
- Alternative format
- Remediation owner
Record what you observed, including unknowns. Link each decision to a source and keep unresolved questions assigned to an owner. Share completed records only through an appropriate authorized route.
Primary references and scope
The references provide the legal or technical context. The procedure and worksheet are ComplyFolio working suggestions, not official forms or a certification standard.
This worksheet is not a PDF conformance validator or a complete legal assessment.
Connect the review to your product record
Use the free workspace for an initial public product-page review, then add the manual evidence and decisions this guide requires. A page scan cannot inspect private supplier files or complete every user journey.
Start with a public product page