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From: Monir ElRayes
Date: Feb 12, 2010 7:21AM

Just to clarify the importance of tagging- it is a necessary condition for
accessibility (i.e. untagged documents are inaccessible as screen readers
use the tags to navigate the structure of the document) but not a sufficient
one (i.e. tagged documents can still be inaccessible if the tagging is not
applied correctly -which is quite common- or if some of the other conditions
for accessibility are not met).

When you use the "Add Tags to Document" command in Acrobat, Acrobat will try
to figure out how to structure the tagging for the document. It often
succeeds with simple (linear text) documents but will typically require
additional work to place the tags correctly for more "complex" documents.

Best Regards,

Monir ElRayes
President
NetCentric Technologies