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Thank you Steve,</div>
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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-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">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></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Steve Green <steve.green@testpartners.co.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 14, 2022 1:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [Athen] Weird PDF printing problem</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="">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><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><span style=""></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Steve Green</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Managing Director</p>
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<p class="x_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>Deborah Armstrong<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2022 20:55<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Weird PDF printing problem</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><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></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Both theoretically were set up with the same “image” the same version of Acrobat, Microsoft office etc.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">And both run Windows 10 enterprise and I keep them both updated.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><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></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><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="x_MsoNormal"><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></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><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></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">--Debee</span></p>
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