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From: Mohith B. P.
Date: Aug 13, 2014 6:11AM

Hi All,

Thanks for the suggestions.
Saving the file in the .doc format and exporting to PDF solved the issue.

I could not upgrade to 2013 due to other constraints.


Thanks & Regards,
Mohith B. P.

On 8/13/14, Chagnon | PubCom < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Best solution is to upgrade to Word 2013, which corrects the problem
> entirely. Figures and sidebar text boxes end up in the PDF's tag tree in
> the
> correction location.
>
> Upgrading to better software fixes the problem totally.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Andrew
> Kirkpatrick
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 9:13 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Issue in creating an Accessible PDF
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Karlen
> Communications
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 6:12 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Mohith B. P.
> Sent: August 12, 2014 3:37 AM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 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.
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