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From: Kelly Hokkanen
Date: Tue, Dec 02 2003 9:12AM
Subject: Fillable forms using Acrobat 6
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Adobe claims that its new Acrobat 6 can create fully accessible fillable
PDF forms. Has anyone tested these? Would they be an acceptable solution
for posting fillable forms, or are there any potential barriers or
compliance issues?

Adobe's information is posted at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_info.html.

Thanks!
Kelly
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From: Zwack, Melanie
Date: Tue, Dec 02 2003 9:19AM
Subject: RE: Fillable forms using Acrobat 6
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Yes, I've successfully done this --

Click the link on the top right column for the fillabel PDF:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/2004NCVRWfund/welcome.html

The only problems encountered so far is that I had to adjust the sizes of
one of the fillable areas because it was permitting typing of a line of text
that was only viewable from the top half of the letters if this makes sense.
So when someone typed that final line, it would type out but only the top,
upper portion of the characters were readable. To fix this I adjusted the
box size so that additional line wouldn't fit anyway, and that problem went
away.

So far, there haven't been any further problems with this --

Melanie

From: sean keegan
Date: Wed, Dec 03 2003 12:37PM
Subject: RE: Fillable forms using Acrobat 6
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Hi Kelly,

Yes, Adobe Acrobat 6 (Professional) can create accessible forms, however
the time for implementing all the appropriate features and tags in order
to make the PDF form accessible can take time (not to mention a bit of
skill).

To be perfectly honest, if the form is highly complex and contains a
large number of form fields, you may want to consider a HTML version of
the form instead.

If using a PDF is a requirement to deliver the form, there are other
tools besides Acrobat 6 Professional. The Forms Access Tool (part of
the Acrobat Capture Agent Pack for $99 US) allows designers to create
complex, tagged PDF forms a bit easier than developing a form in Acrobat
Professional.

Adobe does have a product called Adobe Form Designer 5, that is supposed
to develop HTML or PDF forms and include accessibility. I have not
tested this product as it is approximately $1700. May be something to
look into.

In any case, yes it can be done but it is not easy and takes time. I
developed a training manual around using Acrobat 6 Professional to
create accessible PDFs if you are interested.

Take care,
Sean

Sean Keegan
Web Accessibility Instructor
High Tech Center Training Unit for the
California Community Colleges
Cupertino, CA
408.996.6044