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Re: Announcement: CommonLook Office 1.2: Accessible PDF from both Word and PowerPoint

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From: Swamp oodle
Date: Aug 15, 2012 4:33PM

Not to be too facetious, but the best way to make PDFs accessible is
to put the content into HTML5 and CSS3. The danger is not that
someone will change the PDF, or that it won't print exactly the way
you want, the danger is that it won't be seen at all.

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Duff Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Friends,
>
> Please forgive the commercial intrusion.
>
> This is just a brief note to let you know that CommonLook Office with support for both Word and PowerPoint is now shipping.
>
> Aimed squarely at the corporate cubicle, CommonLook Office makes it easy for everyday non-experts to create properly tagged PDF files directly from the most popular Microsoft Office applications for document creation.
>
> The process is methodical, stepping the user through checkpoints driven by the document's actual content. Once the checkpoints are complete CommonLook Office generates a properly tagged PDF file.
>
> CommonLook Office Professional adds features of interest to power users such as the ability to create fillable, accessible PDF forms from Word and PowerPoint forms, advanced tools for complex table structures, managing workflows, and more.
>
> For more information, please visit this page: http://www.commonlook.com/CommonLook-office
>
> We now return to your regularly scheduled programmingÂ….
>
> Best regards,
>
> Duff Johnson
>
> President, NetCentric Technologies (creators of CommonLook)
> Office: +1 617 401 8140
> Mobile: +1 617 283 4226
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.commonlook.com
> > >