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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Apr 4, 2019 12:43PM

I wonder if perhaps the language settings can get messed up if a file
contains multiple languages, or if there are some passages that contain
different regional variations of a language (for e.g., Canadian English
and U.S. or U.K English)? Some regional versions of English don't exist
in some versions of Word - especially when comparing Word for Windows
and Word for Mac - so it is possible for new language variations to
appear in code when someone else edits a file even though they are
editing in the same general language as the original. These kinds of
things might mess up the language settings of a file?

Phil.

On 2019-04-04 14:36, Philip Kiff wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>