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From: Denis Boudreau
Date: Feb 17, 2013 6:49AM

Hi Cliff,

While I agree with you that PAC is a great checker, especially when introducing new people to PDFF remediation, I have to ask. Are you using Acrobat Pro X or XI?

Because I found that now that I've moved to Acrobat Pro XI, I don't need to use PAC so much anymore.

Best,

/Denis



On 2013-02-16, at 11:28 PM, Cliff Tyllick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Tim and Silvia,
>
> I love the PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC), particularly for these two reasons:
> * Its explanation of the source of an error and the repair needed is so much clearer than the information most people can glean from Acrobat's accessibility checker.
> * Whenever a flaw in the PDF causes the checking process to fail, PAC will give you results for everything it was able to review up to the point where the flaw caused the failure. By contrast, Acrobat's checker simply crashes. By studying the features that PAC was checking when it crashed, I have been able to find and fix whatever caused the crash and then complete the check.
> Having said that, I must point out that you can't fix the problems with PAC. You must either fix them in the source document—and then create a new PDF—or use another tool (Acrobat, for example) to repair the PDF itself.
>
> It's a great checker. I've found it to be a great tool for introducing others to the process of reviewing and repairing PDFs. But it is only a checker, not a repair tool.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Cliff
>
>
>
> > From: Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 9:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF Remediation Tools
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> The PDF-Accessibility-Checker (PAC) from the "Access for All" Foundation
> works very good.
>
> You can check its features and download it for free from here:
> http://www.access-for-all.ch/en/pdf-lab/pdf-accessibility-checker-pac.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> Silvia
>
>
> On 15 February 2013 16:09, Tim Harshbarger <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> What tools are currently out there that can assist with PDF remediation?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>>
>> >> >> >>
>
>
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