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From: L Snider
Date: Feb 18, 2015 1:18PM

Ah okay, I see where you were going now-thanks. Yes, it is like WCAG...You
can do it and it can still be inaccessible :)

Even after all these years, most of it is still manual. Funny how things
have changed and some things are still the same.

I am loving XI Pro, because you only do the full report by default. None of
the messiness of previous versions.

Cheers

Lisa

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Chagnon | PubCom < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Yes, always run the full report in Acrobat checker and don't waste your
> time
> with the other options.
>
> The Acrobat checker tells you if the PDF is tagged, but not if they're the
> right tags.
> It tells you if anything is untagged, which quite often is sidebar boxes,
> captions, and other pieces that were left out of the tag tree.
> Tells if any graphics are missing Alt-Text.
> Language and file name options are also flagged if missing.
> And sometimes it can detect when the structure might be off, such as
> headings that appear out of order as heading 3, heading 1, heading 6.
>
> But even with the full report from Acrobat, you're still not getting all
> the
> information you need. One reason: software can't interpret if those are the
> right tags and if they're in the correct, logical reading order. Only
> humans
> can assess that!
>
> --Bevi Chagnon
>
>
>