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pdf of framemaker w/pdf of ppts inserted - reads alt text and ppt text

Emsanzy
Registered: Jun 17 2008
Posts: 3
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I am working on ensuring a pdf of a framemaker 7.2 document that includes pdf's of PPT slides in anchored frames reads correctly using a screen reader. The process i've been using works for acrobat reader 6.1, but i just discovered the same process does not work with acrobat reader 8.

The problem is that Acrobat Reader 8 reads both the text of the slide and the alternate text, which means duplicate text is being read by the screen reader.

When producing a fully-tagged version, 8.0 also reads the slide as the last item on the page. While I know this can be fixed in Touch up reading order in Acrobat, I wonder if the reading order can be fixed in FrameMaker.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Quote:
While I know this can be fixed in Touch up reading order in Acrobat,I wonder if the reading order can be fixed in FrameMaker.
The read order will have to be adjusted with Acrobat Professional.
re: alternate text duplicating the slide text -
Perhaps you might consider changing each anchored frame's alternate text entry to reflect the slide number (i.e., Slide 1, Slide 2, etc.)
After "Slide "n"" text is processed, the slide content is processed.

Be well...

Be well...

Emsanzy
Registered: Jun 17 2008
Posts: 3
Thanks for the information. Good to know the read order can only be resolved in Acrobat and not in Framemaker. I think the other part of this issue with the text being read twice might be resolved by inserting the PowerPoints as images instead of pdfs into Framemaker.
thanks