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Re: Who benefits of PDF tags aside from screen reader users?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Aug 29, 2013 3:01PM

Another perceived benefit, though mostly historical, and not
necessarily correct.
- is that PDF documents cannot be alterred accidentally by the user
(any document can be hacked or alterred purposefully, after all all
you need is Adobe Acrobat or similar).

- It is true that forms that require user input can be evaluated much
more easily and user input can be controlled more strictly than with,
say, a Word document or a text document.

Word forms can be created, but they have serious accessibility issues
for screenreader users (though this brings us back to that category).
I am not sure about this, but I believe that users who do not have
Microsoft Word could interact with complex Word forms using, say, a
text editor or Wordpad, though Open Office might do the trick.


A follow up question for the PDF experts in here.
How would you justify creating a PDF form over an HTML one?
Cheers
-Birkir
Birkir Gunnarsson
Accessibility SME | Deque Systems


On 8/29/13, Chagnon | PubCom < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> The publisher of the PDF benefits.
>
> - If the PDF is logically structured, tagged with common <Hx> tags, and has
> readable text, search engines can read the PDF and correctly index it. This
> improves search engine optimization (SEO) for that PDF.
>
> - If a PDF is exported to Word, InDesign, or another file format, the end
> result will be better if the original PDF was logically tagged and
> structured. This helps the publisher repurpose the content in other
> formats.
>
> - Tab order is usually set to follow the tag tree order, so anyone tabbing
> through the PDF will benefit. They'll navigate the document in a logical
> order.
>
> -Bevi Chagnon
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