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

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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Mar 10, 2014 7:23AM

Hi Jonathan,

I actually believe that what you write should be stated in a much more general fashion:

the usual rules and best practices still apply!

A Windows (or Word on Windows) user can neglect proper use of style sheets or other aspects as much as a Mac (or Word on Mac) user.

Olaf




Am 10 Mar 2014 um 14:12 schrieb Jonathan Metz < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:

> On 3/10/14, 6:18 AM, "Olaf Drümmer" wrote:
>
>
>>
>> - the only good news here is: even if an author creates a Microsoft Word
>> file on Mac, not at all is lost - just launch Microsoft Word on a Windows
>> operating system, and save to PDF from there.
>
> I would add that the original would still need to have had styles applied
> to it in order for the tags to be generated appropriately. If the original
> author kept everything as ŒNormal¹ (i.e. The Style dialog box was never
> opened), it won¹t be much more accessible.
>
> It¹s also better to use Word¹s built-in editors in order to create an
> accessible document, such as the Table editor (for example).
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>
> > >