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Topic: RE: Applying a tag to a figure (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) PDF Accessibility, Msg: 129047
From: Duff_Johnson
Date: 3/9/2005 12:20 PM

> Hello. I have a pdf that was given to me that is untagged. I
> know how to tag the document (Advanced -->Accessibility
> -->Add Tags to Document).

Well, that will add Tags, but it will not ensure the tags make any
sense.

> However, not every item gets tagged
> (in this case a few images).

The images were tagged by the MakeAccessible plugin when you ran it (Add
Tags to Document), but what is missing is the alt. text for those
images, which you now have to add through the Touch Up Reading Order
Tool in Acrobat 7.0 Professional, or else through the Tags panel.

> I know that I can add tags to
> the document, but I am not sure how to apply a tag to an
> object on the page, so any advice or detailed directions
> would be appreciated greatly.

Know that adding tags with the automation is one thing, ensuring that
the tags are actually meaningful and useful is up to you. The automation
cannot assure functional or meaningful tags except on the simplest of
documents.

First and foremost, anyone seriously intending to understand what Tags
in PDF are about and how to create and manipulate them simply HAS to get
cozy with pages 362-414 of the Acrobat 7.0 Professional Help Manual, the
section dealing with Accessibility.

There are a number of resources dealing with PDF accessibility to be
found through Planet PDF's Learning Center:

http://www.planetpdf.com/learningcenter.asp?ContainerID=1505

Duff Johnson
Document Solutions, Inc.
www.document-solutions.com