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Agreed, Sheryl As often as possible, I present/share information in Word and have starting using online docs like Google and Microsoft 360 as well. I don't think these options are 100 percent accessible, but I like the fact that when allowed, folks can collaborate
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Grackle docs is an add-on for Google docs that runs an accessibly feature and will assist you in defining header row in tables, which is not something I have been able to see how to do without running the add-on, unfortunately.</div>
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I'd also like to see faculty attaching and uploading fewer documents inside Canvas in favor of presenting information as Canvas pages using the Rich Context Editor.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 23, 2021 9:14 AM<br>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">I would love to have members on this list share successful practices in eliminating or at least reducing the use of PDFs in favor of, for example,HTML or Word.<br class="">
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<div class="">On Sep 22, 2021, at 1:39 PM, Monica Olsson <<a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu" class="">molsson@sbctc.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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Forwarding this conversation for those working with Adobe and interesed.</div>
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I will definitely contribute my frustrations to Adobe. We had the same issues here at ODU and I'm glad to see we're not alone. </div>
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Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:57 AM<br class="">
Subject: [WebAIM] Serious bugs in latest Acrobat update: DO NOT UPDATE<br class="">
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Last week, Adobe updated Acrobat and with it, the PDF Maker plug-in for MS<br class="">
Office that is used to export PDFs from Word and other office apps on<br class="">
Windows.<br class="">
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Several key bugs in PDF Maker have shown up since, namely:<br class="">
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* Alt-text added in Word is dropped in the exported PDF and replaced<br class="">
with code gibberish. (Yes, all the Alt-text you worked hard on is gone!)<br class="">
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* Every frigging line, border, and background fill on table cells,<br class="">
text boxes, paragraph borders, and hyperlinks is tagged in the Tag Tree with<br class="">
<P>PathPathPathPathPathPath.one "path" for each border on each cell in a<br class="">
table.<br class="">
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* And there's no way to roll back to the previous version of Acrobat<br class="">
and recover your tools. Once updated, you are S O L.<br class="">
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Three actions to take:<br class="">
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1. Vote to fix these bugs on Adobe's UserVoice website.<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">
If you can, please also add a comment about how accessibility is required<br class="">
for you and your organization by your country's and state's laws. (Adobe's<br class="">
staff don't understand these laws about civil rights and equal access to<br class="">
information.) We need a few hundred votes on this page for Adobe to pay<br class="">
attention to the problem, so spread this message to your colleagues. <span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">
The website is at<br class="">
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2. Until this is fixed, use Microsoft's built-in utility to export<br class="">
accessible tagged PDFs, and skip the Acrobat Ribbon (which is the Adobe PDF<br class="">
Maker plug-in) altogether. I'll have a blog / tutorial on this by the<br class="">
weekend, but in the meantime, here are the quick instructions:<br class="">
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a. Make an accessible Word document as usual, with styles, Alt-text,<br class="">
etc.<br class="">
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b. File / Save As / and then choose PDF in the File Type field. This<br class="">
triggers Microsoft's built-in export utility, not Adobe's.<br class="">
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c. Set your options, file location, and file name.<br class="">
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3. And don't upgrade to the latest version of Acrobat. The version<br class="">
that is buggy (well, more than usual) is 2021.007.XXXX, and the versions of<br class="">
PDF Maker that are installed with it are PDF Maker 21 Library 21.7.123 and<br class="">
Library 21.7.112.<br class="">
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