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From: Jeff Isom
Date: Jul 13, 2001 8:27AM

Thanks for the correction. I got it right half the time in my post. What I
meant to write the first time was "Adobe Acrobat 5". Unfortunately, my
hands couldn't keep up with my brain.
Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Rindsberg" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM forum" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: pdf files

>
> Just a little nit: There's no such thing as Adobe 5. Adobe's the
company,
> Acrobat's the product, and on the Adobe forums, they call me The Village
> Pedant, and now you know why.
>
> At 01:42 PM 7/12/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >If you have Adobe 5, you can download a make accessible tool that helps
you
> >create accessible PDF files. Unfortunately this only works with Acrobat
5.
> >The files are then accessible to screen readers.
> >
> >More information can be found at http://www.webaim.org/howto/acrobat
> >
> >Good luck.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Lancaster, Lanne" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >To: "'WebAIM listserv'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 1:24 PM
> >Subject: pdf files
> >
> >
> >> Has Adobe made their pdf files accessible (without that cumbersome
plugin)
> >> yet? Our school was thinking of putting some of the syllabi, etc in pdf
> >> format but didn't want to endanger our hard-won Bobby badge. Has anyone
> >had
> >> any experience with screen readers and PDFs?
> >>
> >> Lanne Lancaster
> >> Student Resources Coordinator
> >> Community College of Aurora
> >> 16000 E. CentreTech Parkway
> >> Aurora, Colorado 80011-9036
> >> 303-360-4784
> >> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Steve Rindsberg
> President, RDP - a slide imaging service bureau
> http://www.rdpslides.com
>
> Developers of ZAP!
> Customizable online ordering software for service bureaus
> http://www.rdpslides.com/zap/
>