<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><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><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Forwarding this conversation for those working with Adobe and interesed.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="Signature" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><img class="EmojiInsert" align="left" alt="Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" style="margin: 0px;" apple-inline="yes" id="1B15885E-6F2C-4199-ACF2-113F9A59B5A2" src="cid:77722b7e-1021-4328-9d67-c68220fe8f75"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px;" class="">molsson@sbctc.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><span class=""> </span>• o: 360-704-3922 • c: 206-914-7187</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;" class="">sbctc.edu</a><span class=""> </span>• Twitter:<span class=""> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SBCTCWashington" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;" class="">@SBCTCWashington</a><span class=""> </span>• Facebook:<span class=""> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wasbctc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;" class="">@WASBCTC</a></span></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div id="appendonsend" class=""></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 651.6875px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Community Group Listserv <<a href="mailto:ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" class="">ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU</a>> on behalf of Ortiz, Tracie R. <<a href="mailto:tortiz@ODU.EDU" class="">tortiz@ODU.EDU</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, September 22, 2021 12:30 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" class="">ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" class="">ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [ITACCESS] Fwd: [WebAIM] Serious bugs in latest Acrobat update: DO NOT UPDATE</font><div class=""> </div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">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><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Thank you for starting this!<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="x_Signature" class=""><div class=""><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div id="x_divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div class="x_BodyFragment"><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div class="x_PlainText"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting", "Apple Chancery", cursive; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><b class="">Tracie</b></span></div><div class="x_PlainText"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS", Chalkboard, cursive;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="x_PlainText"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Tracie Ortiz, Ph.D</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">.</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Instructional Designer</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Center for Learning and Teaching</span></div><div class="x_PlainText"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Gornto Hall, #131</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Old Dominion University</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a href="mailto:tortiz@odu.edu" class="">tortiz@odu.edu</a></span></div><div class="x_PlainText"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">757-683-3222</span></div></span></font></div></div></div></div></div><div id="x_appendonsend" class=""></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 651.6875px;" class=""><div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Community Group Listserv <<a href="mailto:ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" class="">ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU</a>> on behalf of Krista Greear <<a href="mailto:krista@INCLUSIVEINSTRUCTIONALDESIGN.COM" class="">krista@INCLUSIVEINSTRUCTIONALDESIGN.COM</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, September 22, 2021 3:24 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" class="">ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" class="">ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[ITACCESS] Fwd: [WebAIM] Serious bugs in latest Acrobat update: DO NOT UPDATE</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class=""><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="`"100%`"" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="background-color: rgb(178, 34, 34); padding: 1.25pt 5.5pt 1.25pt 1.5pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""></td><td width="`"100%`"" cellpadding="`"7px" style="width: 635.671875px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); padding: 1.25pt 3.75pt 1.25pt 11.25pt; word-wrap: break-word; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span class=""><b class="">EXTERNAL to ODU:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This email is not from an ODU account. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="x_x_gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Im</span><font size="4" class="">portant - please read thread below and vote for fixing so Adobe sees our frustration at <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facrobat.uservoice.com%2Fforums%2F590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac%2Fsuggestions%2F44183082-accessibility-errors-with-pdf-maker-update-sept-20&data=04%7C01%7CTortiz%40ODU.EDU%7Cb156bc2dc7414a38e30f08d97dfe98f7%7C48bf86e811a24b8a8cb368d8be2227f3%7C0%7C1%7C637679354711245613%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=zQg276NLVhN4NX4FwSbr%2B40fZIg5kQvMUYr%2BTDkURp8%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/44183082-accessibility-errors-with-pdf-maker-update-sept-20" shash="WpeXTxtLJQUY7CKR2ZQ7V+PwFFkvj4teF9ahHGTw3NrVRpBRcyMdmjb0ZoOH1Xk/UQ/x1wteKKBAdIokvpwyeMcZgw2oC8E5Z8yefoWjTB8mQMF7v0sqvjxUqcn7HNhdzvR9EKxigTsIu1D0vbP2R2ILY88wtXyzYql6r/L7k/E=" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><span class="x_x_gmail_default"></span>https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/sugg</a></font></div><div class="x_x_gmail_default"><font size="4" class=""><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facrobat.uservoice.com%2Fforums%2F590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac%2Fsuggestions%2F44183082-accessibility-errors-with-pdf-maker-update-sept-20&data=04%7C01%7CTortiz%40ODU.EDU%7Cb156bc2dc7414a38e30f08d97dfe98f7%7C48bf86e811a24b8a8cb368d8be2227f3%7C0%7C1%7C637679354711255604%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=NkRNosfITQoaePVt2bi6t7BA5YPFFnB8PxAx39sEjYA%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/44183082-accessibility-errors-with-pdf-maker-update-sept-20" shash="m3fIaKGMLKmPDkvyGRvK6RdqqqGwzyxRaqVfrzPIkM193LJTcjNOyaM4/yKLaoDQ1FBqfAkWwgvc4BiB8AY4OZspJ+llsKHigoMVGBO8Ka5n0mXGvUfYDxUF2FV7lxlaJItZJIIVrzdP9HePO/5SQ8Y6b9l4FdQVhsjyZ+bBs4Y=" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">estions/44183082-accessibility-errors-with-pdf-maker-update-sept-20</a>. </font></div><div class="x_x_gmail_default"><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="x_x_gmail_default"><font size="4" class="">Krista</font></div><div class="x_x_gmail_default"><div class="x_x_gmail_quote"><span class="x_x_gmail_default" style="font-size: large;"></span><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="x_x_gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Krista Greear</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Accessibility and Inclusivity Crusader </font></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: large;" class="">ATHEN Executive Council Vice President</span><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: large;" class=""> </span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4" class=""><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fathenpro.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7CTortiz%40ODU.EDU%7Cb156bc2dc7414a38e30f08d97dfe98f7%7C48bf86e811a24b8a8cb368d8be2227f3%7C0%7C1%7C637679354711255604%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=I1O9a2raIBFIAK2pYx7Kb%2FXsowI%2FlgFvJ4dpaTlmvDg%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://athenpro.org/" shash="ajUnTqWsG2hywvcjQxBXwQrvMWaXJi4GOdotc47ED+5eIWkNZjeI13AKBBUVsBMB1/CofZouMnoT3cQtXBbQ0QmZyqsatNFfftNuYe7P8RTHqMXN06aGkjj1r7QTpbvGV9Y5Vs8qHrWnYujfXm1d0RrA91zZkn7KpNRGERHsbOs=" target="_blank" class="">Access Technology Higher Education Network</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="x_x_gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="x_x_gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="auto" class=""><<a href="mailto:chagnon@pubcom.com" class="">chagnon@pubcom.com</a>></span><br class="">Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:57 AM<br class="">Subject: [WebAIM] Serious bugs in latest Acrobat update: DO NOT UPDATE<br class="">To: WebAIM Discussion List <<a href="mailto:webaim-forum@list.webaim.org" class="">webaim-forum@list.webaim.org</a>><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class="">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=""><br class="">Several key bugs in PDF Maker have shown up since, namely:<br class=""><br class="">* 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=""><br class="">* 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=""><br class="">* 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=""><br class="">Three actions to take:<br class=""><br class="">1. Vote to fix these bugs on Adobe's UserVoice website.<span class="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.) 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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=""><br class="">a. Make an accessible Word document as usual, with styles, Alt-text,<br class="">etc.<br class=""><br class="">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=""><br class="">c. Set your options, file location, and file name.<br class=""><br class="">3. And don't upgrade to the latest version of Acrobat. 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