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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Apr 4, 2019 12:36PM

I'm using current versions for Windows 10:
Office 365 on the monthly update stream (v16.0.11328.202220) 32-bit.
Acrobat Pro DC continuous release (v2019.010.20098)

When I generate a PDF using Acrobat's Save as Adobe PDF feature, the
title property gets transferred correctly, but the Filename is displayed
in the Title bar instead of the Title property. So I always get at least
this one error in Acrobat's Accessibility "Full Check" in any PDF
generated by Microsoft Word. This has been the case for a long time for me.

By contrast, if I generate the same file using the built-in MS Word
engine (using File -> Export - Create PDF/XPS Document), then the title
transfers correctly AND the title is also correctly displayed in the
title bar. There is no error produced in Acrobat's Accessibility Checker.

The language setting seems to be set just fine in PDFs that I generate
from MS Word with language set as Canadian English. This is true for
PDFs generated using Acrobat Pro or using MS  Word's built-in export to
PDF engine.

Phil.

Philip Kiff
D4K Communications

On 2019-04-04 11:32, L Snider wrote:
> I noticed a change with the language not transferring about a year ago
> with Insider, it is annoying.
>
> The title transfer never worked for me for years (the actual title,
> not the showing it), and I finally don't have to change that on PC,
> but on Mac I can't remember as I have to use the PC to do PDFs...got
> frustrated with Mac Word. I just tried it on Mac and the title
> transfers but again the language doesn't.
>
> In my view, Adobe fell behind about 7-8 years ago in terms of PDF
> accessibility, and they are really making me crazy most of the time
> now...
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 10:04 AM Karlen Communications
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> I'm on Office Insider as well and both Acrobat Pro DC and Office 365/2016
>> desktop for Windows versions are up to date.
>>
>> Cheers, Karen
>>
>>