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Re: Word 2016 save as PDF loses Title

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Feb 10, 2017 6:47AM

I have had that problem too, though I haven't exported PDf from Word
2016 in awhile.
The problem is that the title defaults to filename as opposed to the
document title.
I havealways had to manually fix that in Adobe Acrobat, but I sure
hope this has been fixed by now.


On 2/10/17, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Do you mean that when you have added the Document Properties/Document
>> Title in Word,
>
> I think she is saying that the "show document title" in title bar option
> (vs. the show file name) is not being set.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
> Of Karlen Communications
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 8:23 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Word 2016 save as PDF loses Title
>
> Do you mean that when you have added the Document Properties/Document Title
> in Word, that they are not being respected by the Save As PDF tool?
> File/Backstage area, Info, Document Properties or Alt + F, letter I, Q, S to
> open the Advanced dialog where you can add the Document Title and other
> metadata for the document.
>
> Sometimes the conversion tools, whether using Acrobat or the Microsoft Save
> As tool, do get this issue flagged, but usually all it takes is opening the
> Document Properties in Acrobat, Ctrl + D, and manually checking then passing
> the item in the Accessibility Full Check Report.
>
> I do this when the Title issue is flagged in case I forgot to add the
> Document Title through the Word Document Properties dialog...I'm finding
> that if I forget, Word just puts in arbitrary text saying that this is a
> Word document.
>
> So, the Title issue shouldn't be flagged if you've added the document title
> in the Word Document Properties dialog, but occasionally it does. As I say,
> Ctrl + D gives it a manual check and then you should be able to pass it.
>
> Cheers, Karen
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf
> Of Mary Heid
> Sent: February 9, 2017 9:40 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Word 2016 save as PDF loses Title
>
> Hi folks, this one seems minor, but it's eluding me and I'm hoping someone
> has a resolution.
> Does anyone know how to get Word 2016 to maintain the Document Title when
> saving to PDF?
>
> When converting (using save as) an accessible Word 2016 document to a PDF,
> the Accessibility Checker in Acrobat Pro DC always fails the Title. It's a
> simple fix with Acrobat, but without doing that, these documents present in
> our website's accessibility checker (Siteimprove) as not accessible.
>
> I'm just beginning to teach my content creators to make accessible Word Docs
> and save as tagged PDFs. I'd like them to be able to check with Acrobat for
> all accessibility features (reading order, color contrast, etc.) or better
> yet create HTML content, but neither is a realistic option at this point.
> We're using our Siteimprove tool to guide our remediation efforts and
> improve our presence, so I'd like to find a way to get these documents to
> hold their Title metadata without needing to edit in Acrobat since most of
> my users don't have Acrobat and will be more receptive to accessibility
> training if it doesn't require another application.
>
> Thanks for any help you have to offer!
>
> Mary Heid
> Enrollment Services
> System Administrator and Coordinator of Assistive Technology University of
> Nevada, Reno
> (775) 682-8038
> http://www.unr.edu/general-information/accessibility
>
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