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From: L Snider
Date: Apr 20, 2019 9:35PM

They had a full set of videos in English that they put out in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/user/axespdf/videos?disable_polymer=1

Cheers

Lisa

On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 9:39 PM soujanya atluri
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Thank you Phil. This is very helpful... and I am waiting for English user
> guide :) I bought the Axespdf licence two days ago for PDF remediation,
> and i am trying to play with it. if you get any info from them please
> share with me.
>
> Thanks
> Soujanya
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 12:50 PM Philip Kiff < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > I just found the Quick Start Guide for axesPDF QuickFix as well as a
> > guide on how to use their table editor on the German side of the Axes4
> > website. The QuickStart Guide looks quite detailed (119 pages), but I've
> > not seen it anywhere in English:
> > https://www.axes4.com/anleitungen-axespdf-quickfix.html
> >
> > I'll reach out to the company and see if they have anything to add to
> > the discussion regarding English help for users.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> > On 2019-04-20 15:32, Philip Kiff wrote:
> > > Ha! Yes, I have to agree that figuring out how to use AxesPDF is a
> > > high learning curve. I learned to use it largely through trial and
> > > error. But I also found some hints from the AxesPDF QuickFix section
> > > of their Help Centre:
> > > https://support.axes4.com/hc/en-us/categories/200116848-axesPDF-QuickFix
> > >
> > > I have found the company to be reasonably responsive when I use the
> > > "Submit a request" feature on their support site for registered users,
> > > so you might try getting support that way instead of via email?
> > >
> > > I think that their main development team probably works in German and
> > > materials are probably prepared in German first and then later
> > > translated into English. In some cases, they may not translate
> > > materials into English at all. I can read German more or less, and at
> > > one point I was sent a draft of a part of a user guide in German for
> > > their AxesPDF for Word plugin which I found helpful. I think they now
> > > have a draft of a user guide for the AxesPDF for Word plugin in
> > > English. But I haven't seen a user guide for the AxesPDF QuickFix tool
> > > - for that I think they just have the Help Centre website above?
> > >
> > > When I was learning how to use it, I started simply by using the
> > > Checker tab and running the checker to find errors. Then I would
> > > search up individual errors on their website to see how to resolve
> > > them. Their website is organized in a way that allows you to search
> > > for solutions to many of the checker errors here:
> > >
> > https://support.axes4.com/hc/en-us/sections/200327928-Fixing-PDF-UA-problems
> > >
> > >
> > > Following this approach I eventually learned how to use most of the
> > > features of the software. Though after two years, there are still a
> > > few features that I don't quick know what they do, or how exactly they
> > > are supposed to work (!). So they definitely could do with some better
> > > documentation.
> > >
> > > I was also thinking about making some tutorials for using axesPDF in
> > > conjunction with some tips on how to remediate PDFs generally. But
> > > I've not gotten around to it.
> > >
> > > There's one conceptual tip that I've not seen highlighted but that I
> > > think might help folks understand where QuickFix might fit in an
> > > efficient PDF remediation workflow. Using AxesPDF QuickFix actually
> > > involves going back and forth between AxesPDF QuickFix and Acrobat
> > > Professional DC. To edit tag names and properties and to do bulk tag
> > > editing, I use AxesPDF QuickFix. But if you need to insert new tags or
> > > move tags into a different order, then you have to go back to Acrobat
> > > Pro to do that. So I always start out with Acrobat Pro and I do the
> > > main tagging and the ordering of tags. From there it is a process of
> > > going back and forth from AxesPDF QuickFix to Acrobat Pro based on
> > > which tool does the thing I need fastest. Whenever you need to insert
> > > new tags or move tags into a different order, you have to use Acrobat
> > > Pro.
> > >
> > > Phil.
> > >
> > > Philip Kiff
> > > D4K Communications
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2019-04-20 14:27, Karlen Communications wrote:
> > >> I have axesPDF but there are no tutorials in English. I found some in
> > >> Finnish but they are for the axesPDF add-in for Word and basically
> > >> just tell
> > >> you how to make Word documents accessible.
> > >>
> > >> I've been trying to figure out how to use axesPDF and so far have had no
> > >> luck. I do have a visual disability but am not relying on adaptive
> > >> technology for the user interface.
> > >>
> > >> I've heard it is a good tool, but with no tutorials available, I
> > >> found it a
> > >> high learning curve, even with what I know about accessible PDF.
> > >>
> > >> I was going to write tutorials on how to use it but my e-mails to
> > >> axesPDF
> > >> asking for help in understanding the user interface have gone
> > >> unanswered for
> > >> about a year now and their support pages are scarce in terms of usable
> > >> information.
> > >>
> > >> If anyone has tutorials on how to use axesPDF, please let me know. I
> > >> hate
> > >> having tools I should be able to use but can't.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers, Karen
> > >>
> > >>