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This document provides accessibility 'guidance for authors who have not yet updated to CS6.'

'Producing a PDF from InDesign that’s machine-readable, and optimized for screen readers and assistive devices—generally referred to as an “accessible” PDF—is critical for compliance with accessibility standards and regulations such as WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 of the U.S. Government’s Rehabilitation Act. In addition, producing accessible content plays a key role in optimizing PDFs for successful indexing by Internet search engines. InDesign CS5.5 overcomes many of the obstacles to the efficient production of accessible PDFs which existed in previous versions, enabling a simplified layout-to-accessible-PDF workflow that dramatically reduces the time and effort required to produce accessible PDF documents. Most of the necessary tasks have been shifted from Acrobat to InDesign, allowing hierarchical and structural information to originate in the InDesign file, making updates and revisions faster and easier as well.'

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