2025-26-citizenship-form.pdf

2025-26-special-circumstance-request-form.pdf

2025-26-v4-verification.pdf

2024-25-teach-grant-application.pdf

2024-25-citizenship-forms.pdf

summer-loan-request-form-undergraduate.pdf

2025-26-merit-award-appeal-form.pdf

summer-loan-request-form-graduate.pdf

2025-26-dependency-override-form.pdf

2024-25-Independent-Status-Form.pdf

Ensure each PDF document has a formally defined title.

## What this means

A PDF title, typically found in the document properties, acts as the official name of the document. This title is used by screen readers and other assistive technologies to provide a clear understanding of the document's content at the outset. It's different from any title or heading text that might appear within the content of the PDF itself.

## Why it matters

1. **Accessibility**: Screen reader users often hear the document title first when they open a PDF. A clear, descriptive title helps them understand what the document is about.
2. **Searchability and Organization**: A proper title makes it easier to search for and organize documents on a computer or network.

## How to fix

1. **Set the Title in Document Properties**: In your PDF editor, access the document properties section and ensure there is a title that accurately reflects the content of the PDF.
2. **Use Descriptive Titles**: Avoid vague titles. Instead, choose titles that clearly and concisely convey the subject or purpose of the document.

## Testing Methodology

Silktide checks the document properties of a PDF to verify that a title is 
specified and not empty.

### Limitations
- **Title Relevance**: While Silktide can detect the presence of a title, it does not evaluate the title's relevance or accuracy in representing the document's content.

## Further Reading

- [WCAG - PDF 18](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/PDF18.html)
- [Setting Titles in PDF Documents](https://www.adobe.com/accessibility/pdf/pdf-accessibility-overview.html)

pdf-no-title

September 2025

August 2025

King's College

	Title / URL	Issues
	2025-26-citizenship-form.pdfwww.kings.edu/pdf/2025-26-citizenship-form.pdf	1
	2025-26-special-circumstance-request-form.pdfwww.kings.edu/pdf/2025-26-special-circumstance-request-form.pdf	1
	2025-26-v4-verification.pdfwww.kings.edu/pdf/2025-26-v4-verification.pdf	1
	2024-25-teach-grant-application.pdfwww.kings.edu/pdf/2024-25-teach-grant-application.pdf	1
	2024-25-citizenship-forms.pdfwww.kings.edu/pdf/2024-25-citizenship-forms.pdf	1
	summer-loan-request-form-undergraduate.pdfwww.kings.edu/pdf/summer-loan-request-form-undergraduate.pdf	1
	2025-26-merit-award-appeal-form.pdfwww.kings.edu/pdf/2025-26-merit-award-appeal-form.pdf	1
	summer-loan-request-form-graduate.pdfwww.kings.edu/pdf/summer-loan-request-form-graduate.pdf	1
	2025-26-dependency-override-form.pdfwww.kings.edu/pdf/2025-26-dependency-override-form.pdf	1
	2024-25-Independent-Status-Form.pdfwww.kings.edu/sites/default/files/2024-25-Independent-Status-Form.pdf	1

Ensure PDFs have a title

King's College

Where this issue has occurred