[Athen] Word for Mac headings question

[Sean Keegan]

It can depend on how the instructor is saving from MS Word to PDF on a Mac
as well as what version of MS Word is being used. The latest versions of MS
Word for Mac will create a tagged PDF document, but you must do the
following:

1) Mark-up the MS Word document appropriately
2) Choose File > Save As
3) Choose File Format as PDF
4) Select the radio button Best for Electronic Distribution and
Accessibility (uses Microsoft online service)
5) Press Export

This will result in a tagged PDF from MS Word on a Mac. If the instructor
is doing the File > Print and then Save As PDF method, this will just
"print" a PDF.

Also, I always ask the question as to why the document must be in the PDF
format.

Take care,
Sean


On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 7:20 AM Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>
wrote:


> There should be options, just like in Word for Windows.  Save as, then

> click the options button, and make sure all the settings are correct. By

> default, those settings are all turned off, so you have to fix it.  It

> should remember the changes for future documents.

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> -Susan

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Russell Solowoniuk

> *Sent:* Thursday, July 25, 2019 8:14 AM

> *To:* athen-list at u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* [Athen] Word for Mac headings question

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> Hi everyone,

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> We have been contacted by an instructor who is trying to make her

> documents accessible. She uses a Mac, and when she creates a document in

> Word on the Mac and then saves it as a PDF, the headings do not carry over.

> I recall this being discussed in the past but can’t recall if there is a

> fix. Any ideas are most welcome.

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> I found an article that suggested opening the Word document in Google

> Docs, going through the documents and ensuring all headings were there, and

> then downloading the document as a PDF. I haven’t tried this to see if it

> works, but would like a less complicated method, if there is one.

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> Thanks all.

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>

> Russell

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