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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Well, can’t say that I have successfully created a fully accessible PDF from Publisher, but the most recent version (2016) makes a better PDF than before. Not great, but at least barebones readable by most A.T. The resulting PDF will still need some tweaking in Acrobat Pro before being published.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Tag and Order reading orders are a bit wonky because there’s no way to control them in Publisher (other than a bring to front / send to back utility), so you really have to watch the stacking order of the page’s elements and control the sequence in how you build each page. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Publisher’s default styles for List Bullets use old ASCII symbols on the Symbol font rather than an accessible Unicode bullet from an OpenType font. But you can easily redefine the bullet styles to something that’s compliant.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And graphics get a non-compliant Inline Shape tag rather than the Figure tag, but that can be quickly role mapped in Acrobat.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But you should have gotten Alt-Text on the graphics. Publisher has the same user interface for that as in Word:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1. Select the graphic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2. Right-click and select Format Picture from the context menu.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3. Select the Alt-Text tab in the dialogue box.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4. Write the Alt-Text in the large field box.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think “Description” is from an older version of Publisher. Check your version of Publisher. If it’s pre-2016, upgrade. Otherwise you’ll be wasting your time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--Bevi Chagnon <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#D9D9D9'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Bevi Chagnon </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>| </span><a href="http://www.pubcom.com/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>www.<b>PubCom</b>.com</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>for publishing & communication<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>| Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility |<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#D9D9D9'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></a></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rasul, Kamran<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 28, 2017 11:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Using MS Publisher to create accessible publishing documents...<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Atheners,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone successfully able to use MS Publisher to create and tagged for accessibility? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I ALT tagged the images with description then exported as PDF (I know it is not the recommended choice, so please bear with me) -- the screen readers is not reading back any of image description.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Am I missing something?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kamran Rasul, M.Ed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Assistive Technology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Columbia Basin College, TD 422<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2600 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:krasul@columbiabasin.edu">krasul@columbiabasin.edu</a> | 509.543.1448 ext.2048<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>