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2011-07-18 14:10:51
irap
Registered: Aug 6 2008
Posts: 56
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Hi,
 
Due to the fact that many of our PDFs are produced outside of our organization there is a need to be able to use the tagging tools in Acrobat X to fix the tagging the the PDFs.
 
Is there a good online tutorial that describes how to do this. I've tried Acrobat X's help and find it difficult to follow.
 
Thanks.
 
Ira

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
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2011-07-19 10:32:38
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KellyMcC
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Jul 11 2011
Posts: 389
Accepted Answer
irap,

tv.adobe.com has an entire series on creating accessible documents. You can start with this video, but scroll down to see many more in the series:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/accessibility-adobe/creating-an-accessible-pdf-file/

I also found some very good information here:
http://webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/acrobat

Kelly McCathran
Adobe Community Expert
Certified Technical Trainer+

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2011-07-19 14:31:05
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Some other resources:
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http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/access/docs_multi/pdf_vid_tut/PDFVideoTutorialHome.shtml
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http://www.appligent.com/adobeaccessibility
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Download the PDF and the exercise files. (Yes, Greg wrote in context of an earlier Acrobat release - but, fact is, the core of accessibility features are not significantly different from Acrobat 5.x through Acrobat X).
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For "authoring techniques", a good resource is:
--| http://adod.idrc.ocad.ca/
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An older thread, here at AUC, identifies a collection of assorted resources and (for "back in the day") links. The thread reflects the AUC's older use of BB Code so select-copy-paste is in order for URIs given. I'd not be surprised if links are "broken" -- while much of the Adobe generated "how-to" was & is the best on the topic it is "older" (again - from 5.x to X - no significant changes) & may be gone by now.
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If there's something from this older thread you'd like but has a "dead" link send me a PM via AUC. If I have it I'll make it available to you.
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Guidance available at U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services:
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http://www.hhs.gov/web/policies/pdfaccessibility
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Hopefully, between what's above, at Adobe TV, and in the AUC's Learning Center (some on demand videos that are very useful), you'll have reason to stay in with the A/C on these long, hot summer days <g>.
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Be well...

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