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From: Steve Green
Date: Jun 6, 2023 3:30PM

I'm afraid it's as Joe says. PDF Maker was working ok, but I just updated Acrobat to v23.003.20201 (32-bit) and I now get the same nonsense Alternate Text that Joe mentioned.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Adobe update breaks Alt-Text?

Oh NO! Say it ain't so, Joe!

Tested with our sample using Word 365 build 16327.20248 and PDF Maker/Producer 23.1.206 (earlier than yours, Joseph) and the PDF was fine.

Will update our Acrobat PDF Maker to match Joseph's and try to confirm the bug.

In the meantime, if you're having problems, switch to the built-in MS utility, File / Save As PDF.

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Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 12:28 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Adobe update breaks Alt-Text?

Hello all. I just updated to Acrobat 2023.003.20201 and PDF Library 23.3.223. When I converted a Word to PDF, all the Alt-Text were changed to things like "P57#yIS1".

Is this just me or did Adobe reintroduce this bug?

Joseph Sherman
Digital Accessibility Analyst
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