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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'>Karen, here’s FoxIt’s website: <a href="https://www.foxit.com/">https://www.foxit.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>FYI, a couple years ago, folks inside FoxIt told us that they wrote Microsoft’s PDF export utility for Word (that’s File / Save As / PDF).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>For those who need this information, Foxit’s headquarters are in Fremont, California, but the company is incorporated in Fujian, China, and is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market (symbol 688095). It is not a US company, no matter what their website says. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Since we now have companies with offices around the world, always look for where a company is incorporated, and on which country’s stock exchange it’s listed. That shows a company’s true pedigree. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif'>—Bevi<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><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"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Chagnon@PubCom.com</span></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"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.PubCom.com/<b>classes</b></span></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"><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></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Karen McCall <K4mccall@outlook.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 28, 2021 11:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu>; chagnon@pubcom.com<br><b>Cc:</b> WebAIM Discussion List <webaim-forum@list.webaim.org><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Athen] Update: PDF Maker problems<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I just bought Kofax PowerPDF – My instance of Nuance PowerPDF wouldn’t install. Kofax bought the print part of Nuance in 2018 or 2019 so my guess is that Nuance is no longer supporting even the install of PowerPDF.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>I bought the PowerPDF Advanced which has the tagging capability. Standard does not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>On an untagged PDF with headings, lists and page numbers in a coloured box, everything got tagged as a <P> even the lists. This means that for this 10 page document with at least 4 lists on each page, the lists are going to have to be manually tagged. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>There is no Content Panel in PowerPDF.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>For the untagged document, when I opened the Reading Order Panel (which you have to do EVERY time you want to use it – it is not added to the Navigation Pane) and tried to designate both the page number and the image the page number was in/on, I was able to artifact the page number but the <Figure> tag was still in the Reading Order Panel but not in the Tags Tree and when I tried further remediation to get rid of the <Figure> tag, PowerPDF crashed. I was using standard remediation techniques – nothing strange or outside of what I would normally try.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>For a tagged PDF that I use as my benchmark accessible Word document then use the conversion tools to create the PDF, parts of table gridlines and decorative images were “stuck” to text and without a Content Panel, I couldn’t remove them. They didn’t show up in the Reading Order Panel but did show up in the Tags Tree. For example: “PathIntroductionPathPathPath”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>When Kofax purchased the Nuance PowerPDF I did call them and ask about their continued commitment to accessible PDF and patiently went over tags and their importance. Even their developers had no clue what I was talking about and they didn’t seem interested in further discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Am trying to find a Foxit website where I can get Foxit. I had the Foxit for Business and was working with them on accessibility/tags but they lost interest and my complimentary copy ran out. I can find all sorts of third party download sites but want to purchase from Foxit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>One final note…for this post…on PowerPDF. Kofax hasn’t improved the visibility of the “Autotag” button. It is a tiny button with no label to the left of the settings/Options button just above the Tags Tree. It has an even tinier plus sign on it so the visibility of the button looks like a “glitch” in the software rather than a functional button. If you right click on No Tags Available, you can only add a Tags Root. However, the PowerPDF Ribbon in Word does create a tagged PDF by default.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Kofax PowerPDF Advanced is $179 USD or 238 CAD and is a one time payment. If there is a significant upgrade you would pay for it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Will keep you updated on my research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>