File size, importing and tagging issues in making form accessible
Hello:
I'm needing to import a Word document into either Adobe Pro X or LiveCycle ES2 v9, while making the form accessible to screen readers. The problem is that the source Word document is 405kb and is a 17 page application form with various sections that were created by using complex tables that contain checkboxes and text and no use of Styles.
I've since been trying to tag the document myself, but, it looks like all of the content then needs to be tagged for the screen readers to pick up (tried running Read Out Loud, and the non-tagged info was not read), but not 100% certain. Also, it may increase the file size. Only on page 1 and its alread 900kb with tagging.
I tried importing the Word source document into LiveCycle and received a 1073741819 error and it would not import. \
If anyone has any insight on how I might import a complex Word form into Adobe Pro X or LiveCycle, tag it for screen readers, and keep the file size accessible, I would appreciate it.
You can apply at text within Acrobat Pro. In the Tags pane, right click the applicable tag and select Properties. You will see the Alternate Text field on the Tag tab of the Object Properties. There may be other, possibly better solutions such as marking the special characters as artifacts, and applying OCR to the text-as-image - hard to say without seeing a sample document.
Read Out Loud is not the best tool for checking accessibility, by the way. With 900+ documents to deal with, you might want to try using a screen-reader-emulator such as the one built into the free PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) 1.3 (http://www.access-for-all.ch/en/pdf-lab/pdf-accessibility-checker-pac/dl132.html)
Hope this helps.
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I am trying to create a script to automate a PDF export process for my company for inDesign. I’m fairly new to inDesign itself and have no previous experience with javascript, although I did take C++ in high school and have found it helpful in putting this code together.
We have an inDesign template file and then use the Multi-page PDF importer script to import PDF files. We then have to export two version of each file that we import, then delete the imported file and all of the pages to reset the template. This has to be done for nearly 1000 pdf files each month and is quite tedious. I’m working on automating the process as much as possible. I’ve managed to piece together code that will cleanup the file much quicker and am now trying to automate the PDF exports themselves.
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I am not sure how to go about doing this. I did find the following code for exporting to PDF with preset but it requires me to select a preset and then type the full file name. How can I set it to automatically use the “Smallest File Size” preset without prompting me to choose and then automatically input some or preferably all of the file name automatically? (If the entire filename is possible then I don’t even want a prompt to appear so it will be fully automated!)
PDF Export Code (Originally from here: Simple PDF Export with Preset selection | IndiSnip [InDesign® Snippets]):
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alert("No File selected");
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alert("No PDF Preset selected");
So far my code does the following:
1) Runs the Multi-Page PDF Import Script
2) Runs PDF Export Script Above
3) Toggles the Template
4) Runs #2 Again
5) Deletes the imported PDF and all pages and toggles template again.
It’s close and much better than the original process which was almost 100% manual but I’d like to remove the Preset prompt from the PDF script and have it automatically select the “Smallest File Size” preset. and then if there’s a way to have it auto-fill in the file name so no user input is required at all other than selecting each file to import. (If there’s a way to setup a batch action for the multi-import script that would be even better!)
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Files were also saved onto a flash drive which I passed on to my brother.
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1 Export Settings (I just choose the wraptor setting in AME '2K Digital Cinema Flat' and did not change any settings)
2. Comparison dcp / mp4 (H264)Will there be a new update coming soon?
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Identified: Xsize/Ysize problems when reading on GDC-TMS 9.0. XOsize is wacked!
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