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2008-02-12 09:08:45
R_Boyd
Registered: Nov 1 2007
Posts: 151

I have a problem with this!

I have a form created in Designer. I then open it in Acrobat Professional 8.0 and select

Advanced > Enable Usage Rights

in order to allow the form to be saved and distributed.

Great. I then try and run an accessibility test to get this error message;

"The checker found problems which may prevent the document from being fully accessible.
+ This document is not tagged; the reading order of the contents may not be correct
+ This document contains no fonts. If this document appears to contain text, it may be an image-only PDF file"

I tried to use the OCR Text Recognition tool but the option is greyed out!

What do I have to do to fix this? I though that the whole point of using Adobe was so that the forms were more accessible!

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
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2008-02-12 09:31:54
#1
Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi R_Boyd,

First, accessibility is different for LiveCycle forms than it is for AcroForms so that is one issue. I have not used accessibility features in a LiveCycle Designer form, so I'm not sure what is available to you in that area.

Second, applying Usage Rights to a PDF is the last thing you should do after finishing the form. Any editing done after applying rights will disable them and require applying them again.

A LiveCycle Designer form and an AcroForm are two completely different animals and cannot be exchangeably edited in both programs ( Acrobat and LCD). Edit LCD forms in LiveCycle Designer, AcroForms in Acrobat. This is why you will find many options in Acrobat greyed out when you are wokring with a LCD PDF. Rather confusing, isn't it?

Hope that helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.windjack.com

Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
pdfscripting.com

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2008-02-12 10:13:40
#2
R_Boyd
Registered: Nov 1 2007
Posts: 151
I don't see the point of going to the trouble of applying different tags and screen reader text if that's all going to be ignored when I save the form in Acrobat Professional so it can be saved by users.

As far as I can see the only way I can retain the alternate text and the fact that the document has text and fonts is by saving the document as a static PDF!

There must be something that allows XML forms to be accessible otherwise every dynamic form created in Designer is potentially contravening the accessibility guidlines.
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2008-02-12 10:26:37
#3
Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi R_Boyd,

Here is a link to a section of a book on Accessibility and how to create accessible LCD forms-
http://www.document-solutions.com/accessibility/AdobeAccessChapter3a8.php#524326

Here is a link to the home page for the book in case you want to start from the beginning-
http://www.document-solutions.com/accessibility/AdobeAccessCover.php

Hope that helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.windjack.com

Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
pdfscripting.com

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2008-02-12 10:28:23
#4
R_Boyd
Registered: Nov 1 2007
Posts: 151
Thanks for that, I'll take a look at that and see what I can do. The last thing I want is my project falling over because of accessibilty issues.
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2008-02-12 10:50:05
#5
R_Boyd
Registered: Nov 1 2007
Posts: 151
Tried that and all was in place. The accessibility test tells me that I do not have a default language specified. Do you know what that means and how I can fix it?
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