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• • November 24, 2017 at 1:38 pm #99861
    AaronA

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    I’m on ID CS6, Mac. In an effort to make an accessible PDF of my layout, I’ve dutifully anchored images and figures in the text flow, and I’ve added alt text using Object Export Options / Alt Text/ Alt Text Source: Custom.

    When the exported PDF is opened into Acrobat, out of about 15 images, only 1 has successfully retained the alt text; all the others say ‘No alternate text exists’.

    Any idea why this is?

    On another note, when testing using Read Out Loud, on a table, how to make it first read the column header, then the subsequent column cells — rather than all column headers, then next row, etc.?

    Thanks in advance.

  • November 28, 2017 at 9:48 pm #99939
    AaronA

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    Anyone? I should add that all stories have been added to the Articles panel. Seems like I’m doing everything right, but others have gotten alt text to work in CS6, no?

  • November 30, 2017 at 8:58 pm #100001
    AaronA

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    Setting the alt text as XMP:Description in Bridge, then relinking in ID, works. But this is not an option for vector figures and icons formed as paths in ID; those require ‘custom’ alt text. So I’m still stumped. I can’t imagine no one else has encountered this…? Help!

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