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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Jun 12, 2013 9:56AM


Just a few corrections about InDesign...
Olaf wrote: "in 2001 Adobe InDesign CS5.5 was released, with tagged PDF
creation support that made it relatively easy for the average user to create
tagged PDF."

InDesign version 1.5 (not CS 5.5) was released in 2001, and I don't recall
it having XML/tagged PDF support in that version. And when a topic takes
12-18 hours of classroom time to teach, I wouldn't call it "relatively easy
for the average user."

I started creating tagged accessible PDFs from InDesign CS4 (version 6)
which was released in 2008. I think the feature might have been available in
CS3 (version 5) but wasn't really a workable tool in that version.

CS 5.5 (version 7.5, released in 2011) greatly improved InDesign's tools to
create a tagged PDF (namely lists, tables of content, anchored graphics).
But InDesign was — and still is today — an imperfect set of tools for
creating accessible PDFs.

InDesign CC (aka CS7, version 9) will be released this coming Monday, June
17. I'll let you know then about any new accessibility tools, features, and
improvements.

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