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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">That is even weirder because the headers/footers option is checked on all our machines. We may never get to the bottom of this, but at least your problem is sorted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alexis Delevett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2022 23:30<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Re: Weird PDF printing problem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks again, I was convinced by what you said so after some more checking it turns out I was getting these results because I had the headers/footers options checked under more settings on the
print dialog. Once they were unchecked I was getting tagged PDFs as well. This is certainly much easier than printing from Acrobat!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> on behalf of Steve Green <<a href="mailto:steve.green@testpartners.co.uk">steve.green@testpartners.co.uk</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 14, 2022 2:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Re: Weird PDF printing problem</span> <o:p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">That is weird because the Print > Save as PDF option in Chrome creates tagged PDFs on every machine I have ever worked on, and we have dozens of machines.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Steve<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alexis Delevett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2022 22:17<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] Re: Weird PDF printing problem</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you Steve,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Print > Save as PDF option in Chrome does not create tagged PDFs for me, so if anyone has additional insight that would be helpful.<br>
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Because of this experience I've recommended, for users who have access to Acrobat DC, <span style="background:white">to print a website to PDF from within Adobe by visiting File > Create > PDF from Web Page, which does have a settings dialog to ensure the PDF
created is tagged.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> on behalf of Steve Green <<a href="mailto:steve.green@testpartners.co.uk">steve.green@testpartners.co.uk</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 14, 2022 1:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [Athen] Weird PDF printing problem</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">If you are using Chrome, the Print dialog contains a Destination combobox that provides two options that create PDFs. The “Microsoft Print to PDF” option creates
<span lang="EN-US">an inaccessible image-only PDF as you described. The “Save as PDF” option creates a tagged PDF that screen readers can read. You should always use the “Saved as PDF” option.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Steve Green<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">Managing Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">Test Partners Ltd<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah Armstrong<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2022 20:55<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Weird PDF printing problem</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have a work computer and a computer at home which also belongs to my employer, a college of course.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">Both theoretically were set up with the same “image” the same version of Acrobat, Microsoft office etc.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">And both run Windows 10 enterprise and I keep them both updated.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">But when I print (actually save) a web page as a PDF, the home computer creates an inaccessible image-only PDF.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">The office computer creates an accessible PDF. It’s not perfect, but all the text is readable with a screen reader or other tool that can voice PDFS.
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">I would appreciate if someone could explain what’s going on. How many different ways can a person “print to PDF” and which methods should one avoid if sending a web page “printout” to someone who must read it with a
screen reader?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">I myself am a screen reader user, but luckily I’ve only had to share these printouts with people who look at the PDF visually. But I still need to know what’s going on.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">--Debee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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