I'd like to use one file for the disabled user and nondisabled alike, so my presenter notes from my PowerPoint 2007 file must appear in the PDF -- not just as a yellow comment bubble, and the notes must be taggable so that they are read by the assistive technology and the Adobe Read Out Loud function. I have to get this to pass the accessibility check! Thanks for any help!
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2009-05-20 05:39:34
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Acrobat Pro 9.1, Windows
Acrobat Pro 9.1, Windows
2009-05-21 07:09:49
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Thank you so much for your extended reply and video, daka630! I am so impressed with your knowledge. Unfortunately, Acrobat 9 is not displaying presenters notes the same way it did in version 8, which is what my client prefers. This will have to do -- a little bubble that you can either click on or hold your cursor over to read the notes. At least with your help, I was able to make the speaker notes "readable" and the document 508 compliant. Thank you again!
There are a few things to look that may help so I'll just step through them individually.
No particular precedence for these; however, you'll want to look them over.
The speaker note(s) that become an annotation layer.
Recall that, during conversion to PDF, we were told this layer could be toggled on/off.
Place the "Layers" icon on the Navigation Panel.
View > Navigation Panels > Select "Layers"
The Layers pane may be opened as a floating pallet or may be tucked in with the other
items in the Navigation Panel. If you don't care for the floating pallet, then click-drag on the Layers icon to the Navigation Panel to dock it.
If need be, click on the Layers icon to open its pane.
You'll see a "Presentation Notes" entry. At the immediate left, there is a square.
If the "eye" shows then you will see the annotation bubble. If not, no bubble.
This is how you can "hide" the bubble. Show/hide does not affect the note content or, if tagged, its status in the structure tree and availability to AT devices.
Note that the bubble is aligned to the left margin. You can deselect this behavior in the Prefernces (Edit > Preferences > in the "Making Comments" pane uncheck
"Create new pop-ups aligned to the edge of the document".
So, the "bubble" that holds the speaker's note is always going exist; however, it can be hidden, as described above. Do note that if you click on the location of the hidden "note", the pop-up will -well, ah,- pop-up.
"Speaker notes" below the PDF
Still available. It is all in the "comments list".
The default location for the "comments list" is the bottom left.
If the orange-ish bubble is not there then evoke it...
View > Navigation Panels > Comments
It can be docked or a floating palette.
Open the comment panel. Each slides speaker note will be available.
A presenter would (just as with power point) set the scene ahead of time
(although, often "presenters" just click the remote and present... someone else
who knows how the "drive the car" does the set up - sort of "driving miss daisy", eh?
This [url=https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=30a8fe04-4baa-4e31-bd3f-a177bb10a050]video[/url] that may help.
Apologize if it is a little rough on the edges; still in the novice learning mode with TCSv2's
most excellent "toys" .Be well...
Be well...