[Athen] in Adobe Pro, what is difference between bookmarks and headings

[Karlen Communications]

Agreed!

 

And if you add headings in Word, you can generate a table of contents in the
Word document easily and have those headings converted to bookmarks in the
PDF (while retaining both the headings in the document and the TOC) so one
application of heading styles gives you two methods of navigation in Word
and three in a subsequent PDF document.and saves time.

 

I even make my heading 1 bookmarks blue  (in Adobe Acrobat Pro) so that
people with visual, learning or cognitive disabilities can easily see the
chapter titles in the bookmarks panel.

 

Cheers, Karen

 

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Turner, Mark
Sent: July 2, 2014 6:54 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] in Adobe Pro, what is difference between bookmarks and
headings

 

Krista,

 

I'm certain that others will chime in as well but here's my 2 cents. In much
the same way that heading tags (1) convey the semantic structure of the PDF
and (2) allow navigation by that structure for screen reader users,
bookmarks provide this functionality to ALL users and have particular
benefits for those with mobility limitations (significantly easing content
navigation via keyboard) and cognitive disabilities (by summarizing the
document in list format).

 

In many cases, the workflow for producing PDFs with headings can also be
leveraged to automatically generate bookmarks from the existing headings.
See the W3C's PDF2: Creating bookmarks in PDF documents
<http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/PDF2.html>  page for more details on both
the rationale for bookmarks and techniques to implement them.

 

Bottom-line: I generally suggest that authors use bookmarks. They provide
clear benefits for users, are easy to implement (at least with common source
formats such as MS Word), and don't generally create other issues.

 

Hope that's helpful.

 

Best,

 

Mark Turner, M.A.

Associate Director, Accessible Technology Initiative

CSU Office of the Chancellor

(562) 951-4353 voice

(562) 951-4857 fax

mturner at calstate.edu <mailto:mturner at calstate.edu> 

 

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of KRISTA L. GREEAR
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 3:20 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] in Adobe Pro, what is difference between bookmarks and
headings

 

Perhaps a silly question to ask but I did not find a satisfactory answer
online to "what is difference between bookmarks and headings". I understand
that headings are one type of tag and tagging provides the necessary
structure for screen reader users to access PDFs. However, I would like to
know if bookmarks offer any accessibility support.

 

Best,

 

Krista Greear

Accessible Text and Technology Manager

Disability Resources for Students

University of Washington

 

 

 

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