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From: Carr, Robert G.
Date: Mar 5, 2012 7:36AM

We are working to add form fields to some forms that were originally created in MS Word 2010. We used Word to lay the form fields and other text out and removed the form field placeholders for radio buttons and text boxes before converting them to PDF. We have had Acrobat identify text entry fields and we have manually added radio buttons. In either case, the form fields do not appear in the tag tree.

Though not in the tag tree, NVDA read the form fields that we have added.

We manually tagged the radio buttons and found that, while in the tag tree, they were then not read by NVDA.

I have found some posts online about this happening in Acrobat X, but no solutions yet. I would appreciate it if the resident WebAIM list PDF gurus chimed in to point us in the right direction.

Thanks much,

Rob Carr
Coordinator
CCE-IT Digital Accessibility Center
College of Continuing Education Information Technology
University of Oklahoma Outreach
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