Hi Everyone
I am looking for a good source on how to create PDF Tags in Acrobat. Ideally this would be a book, but any resouce with sample files would be fine.
Many Thanks
Neil
PDF Tags Books
2008-08-12 03:02:24
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
2008-08-13 00:49:32
#2
Dear daka630
Many thanks for all that information, I am well impressed, and will wade through the links today.
Thanks again for your time
Neil
Many thanks for all that information, I am well impressed, and will wade through the links today.
Thanks again for your time
Neil
2009-06-02 12:02:33
#3
Useful S508 information resources at HHS.gov
[url=http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/]Section 508 General Information[/url]
[url=http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/nihmeeting200807.php]Section 508: NIH Meeting (July 30, 2008)[/url]
Be well...
[url=http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/]Section 508 General Information[/url]
[url=http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/nihmeeting200807.php]Section 508: NIH Meeting (July 30, 2008)[/url]
Be well...
2009-07-26 09:34:18
#4
[b]InDesign Accessibility resources[/b]
Dated: 2009 06 17
[b]Also, at Adobe:[/b]
Adobe InDesign CS4 accessibilty
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/indesign/[/url]
Page links -
--| InDesign CS4 accessibility overview
--| FAQ
--| Export to accessible PDF
--| Adding structure to the document
--| Mapping styles and tags
--| Adding alternate descriptions to images
--| Creating Accessible PDF Documents with Adobe InDesign CS4 (PDF, 292k) -From InDesign Live Docs Help sytem
Topic: "Adobe PDF presets"
[url]http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WSA79FA899-BC95-401e-BD44-5B26BC31B369.php[/url]
InDesignSecrets.com - Accessibilty
[url]http://indesignsecrets.com/accessibilty[/url]
[+]10/09
At the OnDemand Seminars page.
[url]http://w1000.mv.us.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=list&type=ondemand_seminar&loc=en_us[/url][b]"Accessible Content Workflow with Adobe InDesign CS4 and Acrobat 9"[/b]
Have your Adobe ID in hand. Tug on the link, sign in with your Adobe ID.
Page opens telling you that the Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Add-in is opening the meeting room (launch of the recording)
Recording appears in a separate window. If add-in not installed, dialog present to let you install it.
Ancilliary documentation.
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/indesign/[/url]
Link to use: "Creating Accessible PDF Documents with Adobe InDesign CS4 (PDF, 292k)"
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/pdfs/accessibledocswithindesignCS4.pdf[/url]
Be well...
InDesign authors often ask about generating accessible PDF files.
To help respond to this, we worked with David Blatner of InDesignSecrets.com to combine our accessibility experience with his deep knowledge of InDesign so that we could produce a document that would be useful to InDesign authors interested in accessibility.
[url]http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2009/07/indesign_accessibility_best_pr.php[/url]
[url=http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/pdfs/accessibledocswithindesignCS4.pdf]Creating Accessible PDF Documents with Adobe InDesign CS4[/url]To help respond to this, we worked with David Blatner of InDesignSecrets.com to combine our accessibility experience with his deep knowledge of InDesign so that we could produce a document that would be useful to InDesign authors interested in accessibility.
[url]http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/2009/07/indesign_accessibility_best_pr.php[/url]
Dated: 2009 06 17
[b]Also, at Adobe:[/b]
Adobe InDesign CS4 accessibilty
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/indesign/[/url]
Page links -
--| InDesign CS4 accessibility overview
--| FAQ
--| Export to accessible PDF
--| Adding structure to the document
--| Mapping styles and tags
--| Adding alternate descriptions to images
--| Creating Accessible PDF Documents with Adobe InDesign CS4 (PDF, 292k) -From InDesign Live Docs Help sytem
Topic: "Adobe PDF presets"
[url]http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WSA79FA899-BC95-401e-BD44-5B26BC31B369.php[/url]
Rich Content PDF
Creates accessible PDF files that include tags, hyperlinks, bookmarks, interactive elements, and layers.
This set of options uses PDF 1.5 and embeds subsets of all fonts. It also optimizes files for byte serving.
These PDF files can be opened in Acrobat 6.0 and Adobe Reader 6.0 and later.
(The Rich Content PDF preset is in the Extras folder.)
Note: This preset was called eBook in earlier versions of some applications.
Also:Creates accessible PDF files that include tags, hyperlinks, bookmarks, interactive elements, and layers.
This set of options uses PDF 1.5 and embeds subsets of all fonts. It also optimizes files for byte serving.
These PDF files can be opened in Acrobat 6.0 and Adobe Reader 6.0 and later.
(The Rich Content PDF preset is in the Extras folder.)
Note: This preset was called eBook in earlier versions of some applications.
InDesignSecrets.com - Accessibilty
[url]http://indesignsecrets.com/accessibilty[/url]
[+]10/09
At the OnDemand Seminars page.
[url]http://w1000.mv.us.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=list&type=ondemand_seminar&loc=en_us[/url][b]"Accessible Content Workflow with Adobe InDesign CS4 and Acrobat 9"[/b]
Have your Adobe ID in hand. Tug on the link, sign in with your Adobe ID.
Page opens telling you that the Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Add-in is opening the meeting room (launch of the recording)
Recording appears in a separate window. If add-in not installed, dialog present to let you install it.
Ancilliary documentation.
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/indesign/[/url]
Link to use: "Creating Accessible PDF Documents with Adobe InDesign CS4 (PDF, 292k)"
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/pdfs/accessibledocswithindesignCS4.pdf[/url]
Be well...
2009-10-06 20:38:47
#5
Andrew Kirkpatrick's blog entry of August 5, 2009 provides a link to the document:
Accessibility Best Practices For Adobe LiveCycle Designer
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/livecycle/pdf/LiveCycle8_2AccessibilityGuidelines.pdf[/url]
While the focus is on LiveCycle ES, the document provides much useful information that may be of interest to user of the Acrobat bundled LC Designer and to content authors of accessible tagged output PDFs.
LiveCycle Designer
[url=http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/access/docs_multi/pdf_vid_tut/pdf_forms/livecycle/livecycle_designer.shtml]Accessible Forms using LiveCycle Designer[/url]
Be well...
Accessibility Best Practices For Adobe LiveCycle Designer
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/livecycle/pdf/LiveCycle8_2AccessibilityGuidelines.pdf[/url]
While the focus is on LiveCycle ES, the document provides much useful information that may be of interest to user of the Acrobat bundled LC Designer and to content authors of accessible tagged output PDFs.
LiveCycle Designer
[url=http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/access/docs_multi/pdf_vid_tut/pdf_forms/livecycle/livecycle_designer.shtml]Accessible Forms using LiveCycle Designer[/url]
Be well...
A good starting point for working with Acrobat on existing PDF files is chapter 10 of the Acrobat help file (PDF version) for either Acrobat 8 or 9. Either PDF may be downloaded from Adobe.
While doing "it all" with Acrobat is a rather interesting activity it is more than a little time consuming. Doing as much upfront in an authoring application gives you time to live life .
Regardless, in short order you discover you have more questions than answers. So, it is on to locating additional resources.
Some follow. You may already have/know of these. Nevertheless, here we go.
n.b., Karen McCall's book may be what you are looking for.
Karlen Communications
loc: http://www.karlencommunications.com/
--| Accessible and Usable PDF Documents: Techniques for Document Authors, by Karen McCall, M.Ed. ISBN: 0-9738246-1-1
(with exercise and sample documents)
--| Logical Document Structure:Word 2003 , BY KAREN MCCALL. ISBN: 0-9738370-3-9
Both available at Innovative Rehabilitation Technology, Inc. (IRTI).
Go to [url]http://www.irti.net/store/page24.php[/url]
PDF/UA - Universal Accessibility
http://pdf.editme.com/PDFUA
Duff Johnson
http://www.document-solutions.com/
[color=green](+) 7/09[/color] :: [url]http://www.planetpdf.com/enterprise/learningcenter.asp?ContainerID=1505[/url]
Stephen Ferg
http://www.ferg.org/section508/accessible_tables.php
Joe Clark
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pdf_accessibility
Access Board
http://www.access-board.gov/
W3.org... Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
WEBAIM
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/
Ohio State University
http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/pdf/guidelines.htm
National Center on Disability and Access to Education
http://ncdae.org/tools/factsheets/pdf.cfm
Section 508
https://www.section508.gov/
AT ADOBE
ACCESSIBILITY BLOG
http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility/
ACCESSIBILITY
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/[/url]
Something of a "portal" page to related content in Adobe's web space.
Acrobat Help PDF document(s)
Chapter 10 (release 8 or 9)
Adobe's DevNet
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/
Download the Acrobat 8.1 SDK. File "access.pdf" is of interest.
Acrobat Developer Center
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.php
Obtain the PDF Reference(s) file(s) for discussion of structure and accessibility.
ACROBAT 9 - ACCESSIBILITY
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/
Available from this page:
Adobe Acrobat 9 accessibility overview
What's new in Acrobat 9 accessibility
Acrobat 9 accessibility FAQ
ACROBAT 8 - ACCESSIBILITY [urls updated 6/17]
Acrobat 8 and accessibility at-a-glance (PDF, 115k)
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/accessibility_A8_aag_ue.pdf
Acrobat 8 and accessibility FAQ (PDF, 227k)
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/accessibility_A8_faq_ue.pdf
ACROBAT 7 / 6 - ACCESSIBILITY [url updated 6/17]
Create accessible content
[url]http://www.adobe.com/uk/enterprise/accessibility/creating.php[/url]
How-to guides
Creating Accessible PDF Documents with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 (PDF,10.3M)
Reading accessible PDF documents with Adobe Reader 7.0: A guide for people with disabilities. (HTML version (U.S.)) (PDF,3.8MB)
Creating Accessible Adobe PDF Files with Adobe Acrobat 6.0: A Guide for Document Authors (PDF, 4.3M)
Reading PDF Documents with Adobe Reader 6.0: A Guide for People with Disabilities. (HTML version (U.S.)) (PDF,1.2MB)
Creating accessible forms in PDF: XML, or HTML with Adobe LiveCycle Designer 6.0 (PDF, 422k)
ACCESSIBILITY TRAINING RESOURCES
[url]http://www.adobe.com/uk/enterprise/accessibility/training.php[/url]
How-to guidesReading PDF Documents with Adobe Reader 6.0: A Guide for People with Disabilities (PDF: 1.2M)
Creating Accessible Adobe PDF Files: A Guide for Document Authors (PDF: 4.3M)Creating accessible forms in PDF, XML, or HTML with Adobe Designer 6.0 (PDF: 422k)
How to create accessible Adobe PDF files using Acrobat 5.0 (PDF: 346k)
Advanced techniques for creating accessible Adobe PDF files using Acrobat 5.0 (PDF: 306k)
Courseware for content authorsAdobe PDF Forms Access
Learn how to convert existing fillable Adobe PDF forms into accessible forms using Adobe PDF Forms Access.
Instructor courseware (PDF: 1.8M)
Student courseware (PDF: 1.8M)
Authoring for accessibility and reflow
Learn how to use Adobe Acrobat® 5.0 to create accessible documents from Adobe FrameMaker®, Adobe InDesign®, and Microsoft Word.
Adobe FrameMaker and Acrobat 5.0 instructor courseware (Zip: 5.4M)
Adobe FrameMaker and Acrobat 5.0 student courseware (Zip: 5.4M)
Adobe InDesign and Acrobat 5.0 instructor courseware (Zip: 11.4M)
Adobe InDesign and Acrobat 5.0 student courseware (Zip: 11.4M)
Microsoft Word and Acrobat 5.0 instructor courseware (Zip: 5.1M)
Microsoft Word and Acrobat 5.0 student courseware (Zip: 5.1M)
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Certainly there are more, particularly at University sites.
If you/others have additional resources consider parking their location here with a post to this tread.
--| [url=http://refresh-detroit.org/2008/12/02/ten-tips-for-creating-usable-and-accessible-pdfs/]10 tips from "redcrew"[/url]
{2009-02-01}
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Acrobat 9 - Accessibility
Authoring Applications:
Adobe FrameMaker®, InDesign®, and LiveCycle® Designer ES software or Microsoft Word
Creating tags in the authoring application generally provides better results than adding tags later in Acrobat.
Adobe Acrobat 9 accessibility - Home
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/
Adobe Acrobat 9 accessibility overview
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/overview.php[/url]
Acrobat 9 accessibility FAQ
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/faq.php[/url]
Adobe Acrobat 9 accessibility - What's New
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/whats_new.php[/url]
Acrobat 9 accessibility guides
[url]http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/training.php[/url]
At this location:
--| Guides (PDFs)
--| Tutorials (Cp)
--| How-To Guides
--| Training Providers
n.b., Correct URL for Karlen Communications is -
[url=http://www.karlencommunications.com/]Karlen Communications[/url]
I've found this site's resources most helpful. Whlle one may publish an output PDF
that is "compliant", is it usable? Understanding the usability challenges identifies what the real goal is and
how one "authors" needs to change if Accessible PDFs are to be provided.
--| Courseware for Content Authors
n.b., The example/work files associated with the Adobe PDF Forms Access courseware are not included.
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FrameMaker 9 - Accessibility
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/framemaker/[/url]
Overview
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/framemaker/overview.php[/url]
FAQ
[url]http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/framemaker/faq.php[/url]
Design Guidelines
--| [url=http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/framemaker/pdfexport.php]Export to accessible PDF[/url]
--| [url=http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/framemaker/alttext.php]Adding alternate text to images[/url]
--| [url=http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/framemaker/best_practices.php]Accessibility best practices overview[/url]
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(+)3/09
While Acrobat 8 and 9 Professional have added features, this document still has applicablity.
Available at an appligent.com page:
--| PDF of this document (11.5MB).
--| HTML version.
--| The exercise files (zip file)
[url]http://www.appligent.com/adobeaccessibility[/url]
(+) 7/09 :: knowbility.com (Knowbility is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1999)
[url]http://www.knowbility.org/main/[/url]
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(+) 8/09
Another rather good resource (from Dona Patrick)
[url=http://accessdp.wordpress.com/]PDF Accessibility Documentation[/url]
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[color=green] (+) 11/09[/color]
[url=http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/521/cpsid_52146.php]Setting Reading Order in a PDF Document - Donna Baker[/url]
[i]Contemporay[/i] tutorials
[url=http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/access/docs_multi/pdf_vid_tut/PDFVideoTutorialHome.shtml]Introduction to PDF Accessibility Tutorials[/url]
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