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From: Philip Kiff
Date: May 11, 2020 2:11PM

The Acrobat errors you list can arise for various reasons, and there is
not always one method to fix each specific error. I would start with the
form field and "annotation" issues. Sometimes fixing those might make
other errors disappear.

2) "Tagged form fields-failed"
Here I would guess that you have added Form tags, but you haven't marked
the "annotations" as Form fields. Acrobat doesn't automatically mark
form fields correctly when you simply use the "Form" button the "Touch
Up Reading Order" tool. Form fields that are not recognized
automatically often require additional manual tweaking. Maybe you can
try to follow the instructions provided by WebAIM to tag these unmarked
annotations?:
https://webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/forms#tags

Phil.

On 2020-05-11 15:55, Itzel McClaren (US - IFS) via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
> We are using Acrobat to fix the issues.
>
> Here they are:
> 1) "Other elements alternate text - fails" It highlights the items in the
> table of contents.
> 2) "Tagged form fields-failed"- However, we added the tags and still have
> the same errors.
> 3) "Other elements alternate text-Failed"- It highlight some of the images
> included in the document. But those images have alt text.
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 2:47 PM L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Also were you trying to fix it because of the Acrobat checker or using
>> another checker for PDF/UA?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 4:41 PM Paul Rayius < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> HI Itzel,
>>> Can you be more specific what the issues are that you're having?
>>> Feel free to email me directly if you'd like. I won't try to sell you
>>> anything - I'm not in sales!
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> Paul Rayius
>>> Director of Training
>>> CommonLook
>>>
>>>