Using Replace Pages in accessible PDF's

Hi - Brand new to this forum. Hoping someone can help... I have an existing tagged and accessible PDF - needed content update, so did that in Word, created a new tagged and accessible PDF, and used Replace pages to insert the new pages into the existing PDF. Acrobat Help says when you replace pages in a PDF, Acrobat adds the tags from the incoming pages to the end of the tag tree... and keeps the tags for the replaced pages. That didn't happen - the tags from the incoming pages are not there and, in fact, the tags that were in the existing PDF are not there anymore either - now it just says "Warning, empty page". Any ideas?

Hi kvd,
I guess my nomenclature may be presumptive. All I should have said is that the most appropriate method I have discovered for retaining tagging and all other accessibility functionality has been the Combine command. Replace Pages sometimes works and most of the time (lately) is doesn’t. My experience with Insert Pages has not been consistently successful either.
What you mean by a workflow I don’t fully understand. Do you mean an automated action? Unless you consistently use the same page numbers in every document, I don't know how you could automate it. Also, I have not been able to find specific process treatment about combining tagged PDFs. This has been a result of testing and experimentation.
Let me know if you have any other questions.

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Replacing pages in accessible PDF's

Hi - Brand new to this forum. Hoping someone can help... I have an existing tagged, tested and accessible PDF - needed content update, so did that in Word, created a new tagged, tested and accessible PDF, and used Replace pages to insert the new pages into the existing PDF. Acrobat Help says when you replace pages in a PDF, Acrobat adds the tags from the incoming pages to the end of the tag tree... and keeps the tags for the replaced pages. That didn't happen - the tags from the incoming pages are not there and, in fact, the tags that were in the existing PDF are not there anymore either - now it just says "Warning, empty page". Any ideas?
Thanks greatly!

Hi Bill@VT,
Thanks for your response. Presently, I have AA Pro XI and Word 2007. I am confused - it seems the Adobe help material is saying different things - my pages say the new tags will come with the new pages, and your pages say not?
I am suspecting some of the problem may be coming from the fact that these documents have been created over many years using various versions of Word and Adobe Acrobat - since I got Pro XI, some pdf's that used to work OK for our people using screen reader technology suddenly don't read correctly anymore. I need to repair anything not working, and I need to create a new workflow process for myself to create accessible Word documents from the start. I'm thinking it may be cleaner to just start over and create all brand new Word documents with accessibility, maybe in Word 2010 or 2013, and then run them through Adobe Acrobat "Make Accessible" function and checker.

Replace pages in a PDF with acrobat

Please help me find a solution for my problem, i believe there are many good Applescript gurus here, i´m not one of them!:)
Basic needs:
i have a pdf coming from a text and picture system and i want it to merge to a templet with buttons and functionality.
same amount of pages to replace every time.
If i do this in Acrobat 8 i just open my template, i go to Document->Replace Pages, selected replace from 1-24 and execute.
Is this possible in applescript? i can se the argument in the Acrobat Library, but i don´t know how!
Please post a solution if you can.
Best regards
Inge

Hello Inge Eidem,
If I'm not much mistaken about your intention, the following script may help.
A few things.
• I'm not sure but you seem to be deleting the template 'ipdfmal.pdf' every time the folder action is triggered and I presume that it's probably not your intention, so I modified the code a bit. (It would now delete the finished source files, that are dropped files in the folder where the folder action is attached, when you enable the corresponding lines which I currently commented out)
• The tempalte file is to be found at templateFdPath and the finished files are to be saved in finishedFdPath.
• The script is NOT tested, for I don't have Acrobat Professional v8.
• You can find some essential documents at Adobe's site:
(See p.161 of 'Interapplication Communication API Reference' for 'save' command syntax and example)
* Acrobat Developer Center : Interapplication communication
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/interapplication.html
* Interapplication Communication API Reference
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/iacapireference.pdf
Good luck,
H
-- SCRIPT
on adding folder items to thefolder after receiving theAddedItems
set rootFdPath to (path to desktop folder from user domain) as string -- # root folder path
set templateFdPath to rootFdPath & "template:" -- # template folder path
set finishedFdPath to rootFdPath & "finished:" -- # finished folder path
set templateName to "ipdfmal.pdf" -- # template file name
set templateFile to (templateFdPath & templateName) as alias
repeat with i from 1 to (count theAddedItems) -- note that theAddedItems is generally a list of aliases
set addedItem to item i of theAddedItems
-- get source file name
try
set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {":"}
set addedItemName to last text item of (addedItem as text)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelims
on error errs number errn
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelims -- always guarantee to reset ASTID
error errs number errn
end
tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
-- activate -- avoid this, if possible, in such processes launched in background as in folder action
-- open source
open addedItem
-- open template
open templateFile
-- merge source pages to template
replace pages document templateName over 1 ¬
from document addedItemName starting with 1 number of pages 25
-- close source document
close document addedItemName
-- save merged template as new file named after source file
save document templateName to file (finishedFdPath & addedItemName)
-- close renamed template document
(* in case template document name is set to new name in previous 'save as' *)
close document addedItemName saving no
-- (OR) close template document
(* in case template document name is NOT set to new name in previous 'save as' *)
-- close document templateName saving no
end tell
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-- tell application "Finder" to empty trash
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-- END OF SCRIPT
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Here is what I have:
Multiple documents I have merged into a single PDF. I'll call these a kit. I have about 200 kits. Each kit holds some documents that are unique to it and other documents which are universal to every kit.
Here is what I do:
When a document that is universal to each kit is updated or changed in any way I have been going into each and every kit, deleting the page(s) that document was associated with and inserting the updated document.
Here is what I want to do:
Have a script or a program or anything that will simplify this process. Is there any way to tell the batch of PDF kits to delete a section and replace it with a new document all at once?
Any feedback is appreciated!

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What is the keyboard shortcut method for bringing up the Replaces Pages dialog box. I use Replace Pages function a lot in preparing PDF documents and need a faster method than using Mouse on Tools right sidebar. I note that shortcut key for inserting pages is Cntrl-Shift-I -- what is shortcut for Replace Pages. In previous Acrobat 9, I could use alt-DNR, which brought up Replaces Pages dialog box via the menu, but there no longer is a Document item in the menu bar -- it has been removed. Please, this is VERY important to me. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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How do I scan multiple pages into one pdf file using the PIXMA MG7520 on Windows 8.0? Please help!

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Create accessible pdf from html pages dynamically

Hello,
I am trying to create a 508 compliant Pdf from a simple HTML page using the HTML to Pdf feature in Livecycle ES4 server. I was able to configure the service to generate tabbed Pdf, but the created Pdf has multiple accessibility issues.
Some of the issues encountered are: incorrect tab order, some links are not tabbable while others are, link text is being read “Blank”, some text is skipped while tabbing, missing alt text for images, page being rendered in the responsive(mobile) view, etc.
I have tried both the available approaches, of 1) providing a URL to create the PDF, and 2) to send the html document as a zipped file, with same results.
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Is it possible to generate 508 compliant (accessible) Pdf documents using Html to Pdf service from Pdf Generator? If yes, which settings might I be missing?
Is there any other service provided by Adobe Livecycle Server that can generate 508 compliant Pdf documents from a 508 compliant HTML page?
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Thanks,
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I created a tool that does just that (only you will need to enter the page numbers as text, it does not work by selecting them):
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Create accessible pdf from html page

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I have tried both the available approaches, of 1) providing a URL to create the PDF, and 2) to send the html document as a zipped file, with same results.
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Is there any other service provided by Adobe Livecycle Server that can generate 508 compliant Pdf documents from a 508 compliant HTML page?
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Using Acrobat Pro X on windows 7. The replace pages feature does not work. Is this a known issue? Is there a fix?

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