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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks to everyone who posted their concerns (and other “feelings”) about the recent problems with PDFs exported from Word with Adobe’s PDF Maker plug-in. We have more than 150 votes at <a href="https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/garage-floor-resurfacing-fix-a-pitted-garage-floor/">https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/garage-floor-resurfacing-fix-a-pitted-garage-floor/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>(As some commented, what does it mean when we have to vote to get bugs fixed?)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Some good news and not so good news.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Our blog that details the problems also has some help <a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml">https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml</a>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>A handout you can use to export PDFs from Word using Microsoft’s built-in PDF utility. At this time, it’s not putting in any of the problems as Adobe’s, but who knows. Both companies have been known to seriously botch this process. <a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml#download">https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml#download</a> We’ve given our instructions a creative commons license, which will allow you to electronically distribute it within your organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Adobe has said they are working on a bug fix for the missing Alt-text on graphics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>But upon further testing over the weekend, we’ve documented another twist on that bug: When a graphic is <b>manually marked in Word as decorative / artifacted</b>, the resulting tagged PDF is a mess:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>PDF Maker adds gibberish code as Alt-text.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It is tagged as <P> with the image data. Not only is this a violation of the PDF/UA-1 standard (image data must be in a <Figure> tag), but it is voiced as a confusing bunch of crud: no announcement that there’s an image, the screen readers pick up the gibberish Alt-text.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>See the September 27 update to our blog at <a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml#sept27">https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml#sept27</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Issues are found in the Mac update as well, including this one about dragging/dropping in Acrobat’s tree panels: <a href="https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/acrobat-pro-accessibility-tools-not-working/m-p/12408086#M331041">https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/acrobat-pro-accessibility-tools-not-working/m-p/12408086#M331041</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>And I’ll end on some good news.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Adobe has released the super-secret instructions on how to remove the current buggy version of Acrobat and roll back to the previous install. See Ankit Kumar Gupta's solution at <a href="https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/install-the-previous-patch-update/m-p/12387847#M3">https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/install-the-previous-patch-update/m-p/12387847#M3</a>... Suggestion: keep that information for future reference, and pass it along to your IT department.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>My best to you…and please encourage others to vote. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bevi Chagnon <b><span style='color:#AEAAAA'>| </span></b><span style='color:#595959'>Designer, Accessibility Technician</span><b><span style='color:#AEAAAA'> |</span></b> <a href="mailto:Chagnon@PubCom.com">Chagnon@PubCom.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>PubCom: <span style='color:#C00000'>Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>consulting </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#D0CECE'>•</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> training </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#D0CECE'>•</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> development </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#D0CECE'>•</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> design </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#D0CECE'>•</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> sec. 508 services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Upcoming classes</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> at <a href="http://www.pubcom.com/classes">www.PubCom.com/<b>classes</b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://mailchi.mp/e694edcdfadd/class-discount-3266574">Latest blog-newsletter</a> – <b><a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2020_07-20/alt-text_part-1.shtml">Simple Guide to Writing Alt-Text</a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>