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From: Joe Clark
Date: Thu, Jan 03 2008 12:30PM
Subject: Creating PDFs from DTP applications
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PageMaker 7 and InDesign CS2 and later can both create tagged PDFs
automatically. (So can FrameMaker.) Nobody has to "assume" InDesign is
better at doing so than Quark; it simply is, since Quark can't produce a
tagged PDF (or any PDF that isn't a dog's breakfast). You just tick the
"Use eBook tags" option (CS2) when exporting to PDF. With properly
threaded text frames, reading order is no problem. You still have to
manually add alt texts.
You can't seriously consider Microsoft Publisher, or Microsoft anything,
an actual DTP application.
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From: Harkins, Denise
Date: Thu, Jan 03 2008 12:40PM
Subject: Re: Creating PDFs from DTP applications
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Here Here... - I totally agree on Joe's comments.
Denise A. Harkins
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Publications & Web Site Coordinator
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Customer Services Division
P.O. Box 1677
707 North Robinson Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677
PHONE: 405-702-1010
FAX: 405-702-1001
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PageMaker 7 and InDesign CS2 and later can both create tagged PDFs
automatically. (So can FrameMaker.) Nobody has to "assume" InDesign is
better at doing so than Quark; it simply is, since Quark can't produce a
tagged PDF (or any PDF that isn't a dog's breakfast). You just tick the
"Use eBook tags" option (CS2) when exporting to PDF. With properly
threaded text frames, reading order is no problem. You still have to
manually add alt texts.
You can't seriously consider Microsoft Publisher, or Microsoft anything,
an actual DTP application.
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From: Peter Krantz
Date: Thu, Jan 03 2008 12:50PM
Subject: Re: Creating PDFs from DTP applications
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On Jan 3, 2008 8:26 PM, Joe Clark < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> PageMaker 7 and InDesign CS2 and later can both create tagged PDFs
> automatically.
An this should be a key feature in product evaluations. Manual tagging
of documents is simply not possible for most organizations. The
license cost is a small price to pay compared to having someone
manually tag documents before exporting them to PDF.
Regards,
Peter