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FrameMaker limits alternate text to 255 characters.
Step | To add an alternate text description to an image in FrameMaker |
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2 | Click an anchored frame one time to select it. |
3 | Right-click the anchored frame and select Object Properties. |
4 | Click the Object Attributes button. The Object Attributes dialog box appears. |
5 | In the Alternate box, type an alternate text description for the content of the anchored frame. |
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6 | Actual text is for reading aloud the actual text, as in the case of a drop cap. For example, if the author is using a drop cap for the letter A in the word "Adobe" but still wants the screen readers to read the word as "Adobe" and not as "dobe," this can be done by filling in actual text. |
7 | Click Set and then Set again. A screen reader can now read the alternate text. |
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FrameMaker supports a marker called TableSummary, which you can insert anywhere in a table, with the content of that marker being a summary of the table's content. However, it doesn't appear that these summaries are converted correctly into PDF or web-based help, since both the Acrobat and ePublisher accessibility checkers continue to note the absence of table summaries in documents I that have testedthem.
The best approach is to use row and column headers where appropriate and include table captions for every table. We can write our table captions to accurately describe the content of the table. When that is not practical, we can introduce a table with a summary of it.
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- Use with a screen reader
- Correct reflow of content into various size devices such as PDAs
- Recognition of alternative text descriptions for graphics
- PDF tags exist for accessibility purposes only and have no visible effect on the PDF file.
Step | To set up a tagged PDF |
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1 | Click File > Print or File > Print Book. Select Adobe PDF as your printer. |
2 | Select the Generate Acrobat Data option and then click the PDF Setup button. The PDF Setup dialog box appears. |
3 | Click the Tags tab. Select the Generate Tagged PDF option and then do the following:
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4 | Click Set. |
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You can use the WebWorks ePublisher Accessibility report to identify accessibility warnings or errors in your online help files.
Step | To view the accessibility report |
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1 | Generate your ePublisher project. |
2 | In the Document Manager panel in the upper left, click the project name such as caBIO Portlet Online Help. Items appear in the Output Explorer below. |
3 | In the Reports folder, which should already be open, double-click Accessibility Report.The content of the report appears to the right. |
The accessibility errors and warnings that appear in this report are determined by the settings specified in the Format Settings dialog box (Format > Format Settings). The format settings in our current stationery are as follows, though a future version of our stationery may not generate warnings for images without long descriptions and tables without summaries, since those features do not seem to carry over from FrameMaker, and have alternatives.
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