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From: Steve Rindsberg
Date: Oct 8, 2001 9:30AM

>The plugin that worked with older versions of Acrobat reader did not work
>the same way. From what I understand, they simply created alternative
>versions (e.g. HTML) of the document.
Or plain ascii text, yes.
>1. Not everyone has the latest version of the Acrobat Reader on their
>machines,
Adobe provides the Reader freely via download, but it can be difficult to
get at.
They have this link to an accessible download page for the Reader:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html
>2. The only way to create tagged PDF files from the start to the finish is
>to use Microsoft Office products.
Note that Acrobat 5 and the latest Office XP don't get on well. Acrobat
doesn't properly install itself in any of the XP applications. Until Adobe
fixes the problem, you'll want to stick with earlier versions of Office
(2000 and 97)


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