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From: Alyson.J.Fayollat@wellsfargo.com
Date: Mon, Jul 06 2009 12:40PM
Subject: PDF Accessibility
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Hi!

My name is Alyson Fayollat and I'm a designer for Team Member Marketing. We're currently working on a project that requires the end-result PDF (coming from InDesign CS4) to be accessible. The problem we're running into is having tables read correctly. Although they're tagged correctly in InDesign (we hope), a lot of work still needs to be done in Acrobat Professional. When selecting the table in Acrobat, the table editor tool doesn't seem to be an option for finessing. Do we need to manually change the order of the tags in the Tags palette? Or is there a better way?

Thanks!

From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Mon, Jul 06 2009 1:05PM
Subject: Re: PDF Accessibility
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A tool that has a little better at Adobe PDF table editing feature is CommonLook from NetCentric:

http://www.net-centric.com/products/cl_s508_html.aspx

It is still going to take some time, but probably less time than using Acrobat.

Jon



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>Hi!
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>My name is Alyson Fayollat and I'm a designer for Team Member Marketing. We're currently working on a project that requires the end-result PDF (coming from InDesign CS4) to be accessible. The problem we're running into is having tables read correctly. Although they're tagged correctly in InDesign (we hope), a lot of work still needs to be done in Acrobat Professional. When selecting the table in Acrobat, the table editor tool doesn't seem to be an option for finessing. Do we need to manually change the order of the tags in the Tags palette? Or is there a better way?
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>Thanks!
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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Mon, Jul 06 2009 1:40PM
Subject: Re: PDF Accessibility
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Alyson,
Just recently we posted a document with best practices for InDesign production of accessible PDF files. You can find it linked from http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/indesign

You will need to do some table remediation on table tags even if you follow the best practices, but you can accomplish this with Acrobat. The table editor should be an option for you to do the fixes, and if you need to mark multiple headings as <TH> tags you can multiple-select all of the heading cells and set them appropriately.

If you are using indesign you should read this document - it will save you many (but not all) repair steps by eliminating the need for the repair.

Thanks,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick

Senior Product Manager, Accessibility

Adobe Systems

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Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:39 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] PDF Accessibility

Hi!

My name is Alyson Fayollat and I'm a designer for Team Member Marketing. We're currently working on a project that requires the end-result PDF (coming from InDesign CS4) to be accessible. The problem we're running into is having tables read correctly. Although they're tagged correctly in InDesign (we hope), a lot of work still needs to be done in Acrobat Professional. When selecting the table in Acrobat, the table editor tool doesn't seem to be an option for finessing. Do we need to manually change the order of the tags in the Tags palette? Or is there a better way?

Thanks!

From: Alyson.J.Fayollat@wellsfargo.com
Date: Mon, Jul 06 2009 2:00PM
Subject: Re: PDF Accessibility
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Andrew,

Thanks for the link! I'll have a look.

From: Robin Brunner
Date: Tue, Jul 07 2009 1:30PM
Subject: Re: PDF Accessibility
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Any idea how much just the accessible pdf software is? I can't find a price
list. Thanks!
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Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF Accessibility


>A tool that has a little better at Adobe PDF table editing feature is
>CommonLook from NetCentric:
>
> http://www.net-centric.com/products/cl_s508_html.aspx
>
> It is still going to take some time, but probably less time than using
> Acrobat.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
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>>Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:38:32 -0500
>>From: < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>Subject: [WebAIM] PDF Accessibility
>>To: < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>
>>Hi!
>>
>>My name is Alyson Fayollat and I'm a designer for Team Member Marketing.
>>We're currently working on a project that requires the end-result PDF
>>(coming from InDesign CS4) to be accessible. The problem we're running
>>into is having tables read correctly. Although they're tagged correctly in
>>InDesign (we hope), a lot of work still needs to be done in Acrobat
>>Professional. When selecting the table in Acrobat, the table editor tool
>>doesn't seem to be an option for finessing. Do we need to manually change
>>the order of the tags in the Tags palette? Or is there a better way?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>

From: Kara Zirkle
Date: Tue, Jul 07 2009 1:45PM
Subject: Re: PDF Accessibility
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It is about $1000 per license .... PAW their PDF Accessibility Wizard though
is about $100 though it would depend on how many documents you have and the
size of them as to which would be of better quality.

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Kara Zirkle
IT Accessibility Coordinator
Assistive Technology Initiative
Thompson Hall RM 114 Mail Stop: 6A11
Fairfax Campus
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-993-9815
Fax: 703-993-4743
webaccessibility.gmu.edu
ati.gmu.edu


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Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 3:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF Accessibility

Any idea how much just the accessible pdf software is? I can't find a price

list. Thanks!
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From: "Jon Gunderson" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
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Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF Accessibility


>A tool that has a little better at Adobe PDF table editing feature is
>CommonLook from NetCentric:
>
> http://www.net-centric.com/products/cl_s508_html.aspx
>
> It is still going to take some time, but probably less time than using
> Acrobat.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:38:32 -0500
>>From: < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>Subject: [WebAIM] PDF Accessibility
>>To: < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>
>>Hi!
>>
>>My name is Alyson Fayollat and I'm a designer for Team Member Marketing.
>>We're currently working on a project that requires the end-result PDF
>>(coming from InDesign CS4) to be accessible. The problem we're running
>>into is having tables read correctly. Although they're tagged correctly in

>>InDesign (we hope), a lot of work still needs to be done in Acrobat
>>Professional. When selecting the table in Acrobat, the table editor tool
>>doesn't seem to be an option for finessing. Do we need to manually change
>>the order of the tags in the Tags palette? Or is there a better way?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>