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Re: Tagging Form Fields in PDF?

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From: chagnon
Date: Jan 22, 2020 6:05PM

Agree with Duff's comments and adding more.

It's not difficult to tag the form fields, just one click and then step through the prompts. See Adobe's training seminars for accessible forms by Rob Haverty at https://adobe.lookbookhq.com/acrobataccessibility/accessible-pdf-forms View time stamp 38:30 in Rob's video.

One other benefit to tagging (and correctly ordering) the <Form> tags is that they can be woven into the instruction text and text labels so that screen reader users get a better experience and don't mistakenly skip over important instructional text. (See time stamp 42:00)

The final tag structure should be something like this:
<P>
First Name (this is the visible text label)
<Form>
Name-OBJR

The <Form> tag is nested inside the <P> that also holds the visible label.

Hope this helps,
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