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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Apr 2, 2019 4:55PM

It is best to create an accessible form template in Word and hen add the
form controls in Acrobat. Two years ago I started using a tagged PDF form
template and this works well.

In a form template don't use symbols for check boxes or radio buttons, don't
use tables or underline for text entry. Just create the "form labels" or the
text identifying the information you need and leave enough space to provide
the answer you are asking for.

Form controls from Word, whether the ActiveX legacy ones or the Content
Controls don't convert to accessible form controls in a PDF document.

Cheers, Karen

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Hi,
I hope Microsoft decides to reveal table header information to assistive
technology at some point. I think this is one of the major reasons that
someone would need Adobe Professional. I'm unsure how well forms carry over
to PDF. I've yet to try either the legacy form controls or the newer ones
from MS and do a Save as PDF.

Thanks.

Jim



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Digital Accessibility
Bender Consulting Services
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https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-
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One of the nuance PDF apps has for many years supported tagging. PDF
Creator Pro previously did -- but as Karen mentioned the support is more
limited to what Acrobat provides. Several years ago when I checked it did
not have the table editor capabilities, etc.

Here is a link to a Nuance page that talks about some of the features.
https://www.nuance.com/products/help/NuancePDF/en_US/tagged_pdf.htm

Jonathan

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On 2019-03-29 16:34, Karlen Communications wrote:
> I've purchased Nuance's PowerPDF Advanced and it has tools similar to
Acrobat and an add in to Microsoft Office. I can create an accessible PDF
from my Accessible Word document.

Hey Karen, I guess I didn't read your response very carefully and I mushed
together your comments about Nuance's PowerPDF Advanced and about Foxit
Phantom Pro.

So Nuance's PowerPDF Advanced can serve as (more or less) a full replacement
for Acrobat? It can do all the tag editing and scanning and whatnot that you
might need to do with a completely untagged PDF from some random source?
It's not easy to uncover that info from their website.

I haven't looked into this software at all, and am kinda curious now!

Nuance PowerPDF Advanced:
https://www.nuance.com/print-capture-and-pdf-solutions/pdf-and-document-conv
ersion/power-pdf-converter/power-pdf-advanced.html

Phil.

Philip Kiff
D4K Communications

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