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Re: PowerPoint accessibility -alt question

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From: Kroon, Kurtis@FTB
Date: Apr 24, 2014 12:41PM

-----Original Message-----
From: Olaf Drümmer [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 13:17
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PowerPoint accessibility -alt question

> ... A shame given that PDF is at the core of presenting content on
> Mac OS X and iOS.

The last time I experimented with this (and reported my results to the
List[1]), I discovered that the PDFs I made with "Save as PDF" on my Mac
conform to PDF version 1.2, which is compatible with Acrobat *3*.

So ... the Mac's (and iOS's) core presentation layer uses a version of
the spec that doesn't support tagging. That might explain why it is so
difficult to find a solution that "just works" on the Mac.

Thanks!

Kurt
WebBiz | FTB
916-845-5603


References
[1]: http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=4511
(scroll down most of the way to the bottom)

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