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Re: Can Word and Adobe ACrobat on a Mac make accessible/tagged PDF files?

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Mar 9, 2014 9:36PM

> I don't know the state of accessibility for PDFs on OSX, but it was pretty
> bad.

That would be an under-statement.

On OSX, the mere act of saving a previously-tagged PDF in Preview (the OS's default viewer) with no modifications causes tags to be dumped. It won't even say "sorry".

For shame!

> In Word 2007 and higher for Windows, when you change the file type to PDF,
> an options button appears. If this is the same for OSX, in the options
> window, you want to check the document properties and document structure
> tags for accessibility options. The Windows version of the structure tags
> is not great, but usually gets a foot in the door.

Open Office makes tagged PDF on the Mac as well.

Duff.