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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Aug 17, 2011 6:33PM

If the intent of the form is to fill out and print - to be the most
accessible you should make the form fillable via whatever program they
use. I don't know of anything in Section 508 that says if the pdf is a
form it must have fields. However if the PDF does have fields, they
must be accessible.

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Ryan E. Benson



On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:27 PM, McDonald, Jennifer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I'm trying to prioritize my PDF accessibility updates and I'm wondering
> if anyone know of any requirement (Section 508) to add form fields to
> PDF files that serve a purpose to print and mail. We are currently
> tagging and making other updates to forms that previously contained no
> form fields.  We would like to add those later to aid people in filling
> out the form before printing, but adding those fields is just not in
> scope at the moment.
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
> Jeni
>
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