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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Feb 17, 2013 8:09AM

Hey gang

How well does PAC work on PDF forms? I have used it with great success
on PDF documents containing text and images, but I have not tried it
on PDF forms. From somewhere I got the firm believe that PAC doesn't
work with those, is that correct?
Cheers
-B

On 2/17/13, Denis Boudreau < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>> >>> >>> >>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *
>> ........................................................................................................................
>> Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez*
>> EN/ FR/PT- ES translator and localiser
>> *Joint Doctoral Degree Candidate
>> University of Salamanca & University of Geneva*
>> Tel(s): (+41) 762.699.442 / (+34) 646.57.57.73
>> *http://www.issco.unige.ch/en/staff/rodriguez/ *
>> >> >> >> >> >> >
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