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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Tue, Apr 28 2015 3:42PM
Subject: PDFMaker vs. Word Add-in for pdf conversion
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I've noticed there are two contradictory views regarding PDFMaker vs. the
Word/Office Add-in for Office 2010 and 2013. I've heard from some folks
that the Word Add-in works fine and just as well as the PDFMaker Add-in. On
the WebAIM site (http://webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/converting), they
state, regarding the Word Add-in that:

The tagging process may not be quite as good as with the Adobe add-in, but
most content, such as heading levels, lists, and alternative text for
images is exported.

Is the above the general consensus or is this still up for debate. I'd like
to know how strongly to recommend PDFMaker over the native Word Add-in.

Thanks in advance,
Howard

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From: Sylvia Richardson
Date: Wed, Apr 29 2015 7:17AM
Subject: Re: PDFMaker vs. Word Add-in for pdf conversion
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I would recommend the Adobe add-in very strongly, especially for PowerPoint presentations or Word docs with headers/footers. It does a much better job of marking content as artifacts where appropriate. The automatic bookmarking is also better.

-Sylvia

From: Howard Kramer
Date: Wed, Apr 29 2015 1:32PM
Subject: Re: PDFMaker vs. Word Add-in for pdf conversion
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Thanks Sylvia - that's the kind of info I was looking for.

-Howard

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Sylvia Richardson <
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> I would recommend the Adobe add-in very strongly, especially for
> PowerPoint presentations or Word docs with headers/footers. It does a much
> better job of marking content as artifacts where appropriate. The automatic
> bookmarking is also better.
>
> -Sylvia
>
>

From: Cliff Tyllick
Date: Wed, Apr 29 2015 1:50PM
Subject: Re: PDFMaker vs. Word Add-in for pdf conversion
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Sylvia, can you give me a specific example of a document in which tge Adobe add-in has shown this advantage? Perhaps send me an example of a PowerPoint document and the two resulting PDFs off line?

The skeptics I work with will push me for details. 😉

Thanks in advance!

Cliff Tyllick
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
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> On Apr 29, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Howard Kramer < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Thanks Sylvia - that's the kind of info I was looking for.
>
> -Howard
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Sylvia Richardson <
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> I would recommend the Adobe add-in very strongly, especially for
>> PowerPoint presentations or Word docs with headers/footers. It does a much
>> better job of marking content as artifacts where appropriate. The automatic
>> bookmarking is also better.
>>
>> -Sylvia
>>
>>