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Re: Issue in creating an Accessible PDF

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Aug 12, 2014 7:12AM

I've got the bug right here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2701086

As I see it, your workarounds are this:
1) Do as Karen suggests below. Or,
2) Save as .doc instead of .docx and export to PDF from the older file format.

Hope this helps,
AWK

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 6:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Issue in creating an Accessible PDF

If you are Using Word 2007 or 2010 this sounds like a variant to the known bug of "all figures are thrown to the top of the Tags Tree" issue and I have seen it before. If you used captions for the images, Artifact the images in Acrobat Pro and those using adaptive technology will still be able to read the figure captions. If you didn't use captions, move the images that relate to content to their place in the Tags Tree and Artifact any decorative images.

Cheers, Karen

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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Mohith B. P.
Sent: August 12, 2014 3:37 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Issue in creating an Accessible PDF

HI All,

I am facing an issue while creating a PDF from Word 2010:
All the graphics are listed one below another in the PDF file.
The graphics are positioned in different sections under different headings in the word document.
The word document has been structured keeping accessibility in mind (Styles and alternate text as specified by Adobe documentation)

Please help me to tackle this issue.


Thanks & Regards,
Mohith B. P.