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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the proofing, Colin!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The correct link to Adobe’s bug page is <a href="https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/44183082-accessibility-errors-with-pdf-maker-update-sept-20">https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/44183082-accessibility-errors-with-pdf-maker-update-sept-20</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>—Bevi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bevi Chagnon <b><span style='color:#AEAAAA'>| </span></b><span style='color:#595959'>Designer, Accessibility Technician</span><b><span style='color:#AEAAAA'> |</span></b> <u><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:Chagnon@PubCom.com">Chagnon@PubCom.com</a></span></u> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>PubCom: <span style='color:#C00000'>Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>consulting <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> training <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> development <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> design <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> sec. 508 services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Upcoming classes</b> at <a href="http://www.pubcom.com/classes"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.PubCom.com/<b>classes</b></span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://mailchi.mp/e694edcdfadd/class-discount-3266574"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Latest blog-newsletter</span></a> – <b><a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2020_07-20/alt-text_part-1.shtml"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Simple Guide to Writing Alt-Text</span></a></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Colin Osterhout <ctosterhout@alaska.edu> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 27, 2021 4:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> chagnon@pubcom.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WebAIM] Update: PDF Maker problems<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>That first link goes to an article on "The Family Handyman" about patching a garage floor. As an owner of an old home I did find that somewhat interesting, but I'm guessing that wasn't your intent. Do you have a different link for that Adobe issue?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Colin<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 12:48 PM <<a href="mailto:chagnon@pubcom.com">chagnon@pubcom.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to everyone who posted their concerns (and other "feelings") about<br>the recent problems with PDFs exported from Word with Adobe's PDF Maker<br>plug-in. We have more than 150 votes at<br><a href="https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/garage-floor-resurfacing-fix-a-pitted-garage-floor/" target="_blank">https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/garage-floor-resurfacing-fix-a-pitted<br>-garage-floor/</a> <br><br>(As some commented, what does it mean when we have to vote to get bugs<br>fixed?)<br><br>Some good news and not so good news.<br><br>1. Our blog that details the problems also has some help<br><a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml</a>: <br><br>a. A handout you can use to export PDFs from Word using Microsoft's<br>built-in PDF utility. At this time, it's not putting in any of the problems<br>as Adobe's, but who knows. Both companies have been known to seriously botch<br>this process.<br><a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml#download" target="_blank">https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml#download</a><br>We've given our instructions a creative commons license, which will allow<br>you to electronically distribute it within your organization.<br><br>2. Adobe has said they are working on a bug fix for the missing<br>Alt-text on graphics.<br><br>3. But upon further testing over the weekend, we've documented another<br>twist on that bug: When a graphic is manually marked in Word as decorative /<br>artifacted, the resulting tagged PDF is a mess:<br><br>a. PDF Maker adds gibberish code as Alt-text.<br><br>b. It is tagged as <P> with the image data. Not only is this a<br>violation of the PDF/UA-1 standard (image data must be in a <Figure> tag),<br>but it is voiced as a confusing bunch of crud: no announcement that there's<br>an image, the screen readers pick up the gibberish Alt-text.<br><br>c. See the September 27 update to our blog at<br><a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml#sept27" target="_blank">https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2021-09-24_bugs/bugs_pdfmaker_1.shtml#sept27</a> <br><br>4. Issues are found in the Mac update as well, including this one<br>about dragging/dropping in Acrobat's tree panels:<br><a href="https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/acrobat-pro-accessibility-tools-not-working/m-p/12408086#M331041" target="_blank">https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/acrobat-pro-accessibility<br>-tools-not-working/m-p/12408086#M331041</a> <br><br>5. And I'll end on some good news. Adobe has released the super-secret<br>instructions on how to remove the current buggy version of Acrobat and roll<br>back to the previous install. See Ankit Kumar Gupta's solution at<br><a href="https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/install-the-previous-patch-update/m-p/12387847#M3." target="_blank">https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/install-the-previous-patc<br>h-update/m-p/12387847#M3.</a>.. Suggestion: keep that information for future<br>reference, and pass it along to your IT department.<br><br>My best to you.and please encourage others to vote. <br><br>- - -<br><br>Bevi Chagnon | Designer, Accessibility Technician | <a href="mailto:Chagnon@PubCom.com">Chagnon@PubCom.com</a><br><mailto:<a href="mailto:Chagnon@PubCom.com" target="_blank">Chagnon@PubCom.com</a>> <br><br>- - -<br><br>PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing<br><br>consulting . training . development . design . sec. 508 services<br><br>Upcoming classes at <a href="http://www.PubCom.com/" target="_blank">www.PubCom.com/</a> <<a href="http://www.pubcom.com/classes" target="_blank">http://www.pubcom.com/classes</a>> classes <br><br>- - -<br><br>Latest blog-newsletter<br><<a href="https://mailchi.mp/e694edcdfadd/class-discount-3266574" target="_blank">https://mailchi.mp/e694edcdfadd/class-discount-3266574</a>> - Simple Guide to<br>Writing Alt-Text<br><<a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2020_07-20/alt-text_part-1.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2020_07-20/alt-text_part-1.shtml</a>> <br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>To manage your subscription, visit <a href="http://list.webaim.org/" target="_blank">http://list.webaim.org/</a><br>List archives at <a href="http://webaim.org/discussion/archives" target="_blank">http://webaim.org/discussion/archives</a><br>Address list messages to <a href="mailto:webaim-forum@list.webaim.org" target="_blank">webaim-forum@list.webaim.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Colin Osterhout</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Website Coordinator, University of Alaska Southeast</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:ctosterhout@alaska.edu" target="_blank">ctosterhout@alaska.edu<br></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>