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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Jun 26, 2017 6:16PM

We do work for CMS and I think they're looking for the little certification icon (or medallion) in the left hand panel that states that it's PDF/UA accessible.

You can force the certificate/medallion into the panel (see long instructions below) with Acrobat Pro, but there's a caution:

It really doesn't preflight the file for accessibility or check it or verify it in any way.

It's just a medallion.

Hopefully you will do the checking to validate the PDF before adding the medallion. To prove this point, my firm demonstrated adding the medallion on an untagged PDF that was totally inaccessible.

But the medallion was there!

Email me off list if you'd like a copy of our short instructions on how to do this.
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FWIW, I'd don't recommend putting the accessibility report into the PDF because 1) it adds extraneous code to the file, and 2) I think it just confuses the average user. The report really isn't intended for the public user.

--Bevi Chagnon

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