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From: House, Kate
Date: Mon, Sep 09 2002 6:51AM
Subject: Adobe Acrobat 5.0
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We are trying to make sure that going forward, any PDFs that we include in
our apps are as accessible as humanly (and economically) possible. I know
that Acrobat 5.0 is supposed to be a huge improvement over earlier versions
in terms of accessibility, but when we are spec'ing out a work order for our
vendors, are there any specifics of 5.0 that we should be highlighting?
Should we just recommend using the "accessibility palette" in 5.0, including
the "accessibility checker"? I know that you can double-check for alt tags
and sizing of individual elements of a PDF, but what else?
Many thanks for your time.
Kate House
Online Services & Multimedia Development
Prentice Hall (Pearson Education)
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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Mon, Sep 09 2002 4:41PM
Subject: RE: Adobe Acrobat 5.0
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That's great that you've decided to make your PDF documents more
accessible.
If you haven't already done so, try these resources:
WebAIM article on PDF accessibility-
http://www.webaim.org/howto/acrobat
Adobe PDF accessibility main page
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/solutionsacc.html
Adobe tutorial:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_booklet.html
The short story is that the documents have to be created accessibly,
with true headings (e.g. not just bold text), alt text for images, table
headings, and so on. Tables need to be as simple as possible. Graphs,
charts and other complex objects need to be explained in text. In other
words, apply the same type of accessibility techniques to PDF as you
would to HTML. And, the truth is, it's still a good idea to provide an
HTML alternative in addition to the PDF file, giving the user the
ability to choose between them.
Paul Bohman
Technology Coordinator
WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
www.webaim.org
Center for Persons with Disabilities
www.cpd.usu.edu
Utah State University
www.usu.edu