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Accessibilty, Tags and Dynamic Forms

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2008-03-06 03:00:51
R_Boyd
Registered: Nov 1 2007
Posts: 151
Answered

This is a follow up to a previous [url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=12810]topic[/url].

One poster has said that the default behaviour of LCD is to create accessibility tags when saving.

My problem is that this only seems to be the case when the saved form is [b]static[/b] rather than [i]dynamic[/i]. This can't be right can it?!

The forms are being created in 7.0/8.0 and reader enabled using Acrobat Professional 8.0. The forms feature repeating subforms.

If it the case that dynamic forms are not accessible then is the only work around to provide a static version of the form without all the bells and whistles for people with accessibility needs? Isn't this discriminatory?

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2008-03-12 11:37:27
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R_Boyd
Registered: Nov 1 2007
Posts: 151
I asked about this in the Q & A and was asked to post it so here it is again!I've been playing with this and get the same result. Save it as a dynamic and there are no accessibility tags or content order details visible in Acrobat Reader/Professional.

Save the same form as static and everything is populated and visible!
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2008-03-13 11:15:04
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sconforms
Expert
Registered: Jul 10 2007
Posts: 92
R_Boyd,

Sorry I couldn't answer your question yesterday during the eSeminar. I inquired with a colleague of mine more familiar with accessibility in XFA-PDF forms (forms created in Designer) and they said that [b]accessibility tags are generated dynamically when the form is opened in Acrobat 8+ provided a screen reader application is already running. Otherwise, for performance reasons, accessibility tags are not generated.[/b] This is true for dynamic PDF forms. Static PDF forms are different in that tags are generated at save time rather than load (run) time which explains why you see tags in the Static PDF but don't in the Dynamic PDF (assuming you don't have a screen reader app running).

Stefan Cameron obtained his bachelor's degree with Honors in Computer Science at the University of Ottawa and is a Computer Scientist working on Adobe's LiveCycle server products, in particular on LiveCycle Designer ES for the past 5 years.

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2008-03-14 03:17:31
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R_Boyd
Registered: Nov 1 2007
Posts: 151
This is excellent news and yet another reason for our office to upgrade to Acrobat Reader 8.

Thanks for taking the time to investigate!
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