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Re: Accessible PDF Question

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Apr 10, 2025 8:24AM

> On Apr 10, 2025, at 10:16, Brian Lovely via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Now they have informed me that the document has to be a PDF and I'm stumped about how to make the background color and bold data cell outline accessible.

The good news: you can tag any given content (even a background vector for a cell), and add Alt Text to any tag.

The bad news: to do this right, each element of content requiring such alt text must be contained in a dedicated tag.

Oh.. .and, what Paul just said. :-)

Duff.