How do I access the Microsoft plug-in to create pdf files in Office 2003?
----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Marang
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 2:22 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible PDF's
To add to Brian's message:
Microsoft's new plug-in to save as PDF seems to work fairly well. I have
not put it through it's paces yet. It claims to create accessible
documents. It does have a few options, such as create PDF bookmarks
automatically using either Word bookmarks or headings. I was surprised,
however, that the Word styles like "Heading level 1" and so on were not
recognized by JAWS in the Acrobat Reader as headings. I am glad to see
Microsoft move in this direction! They also seem to allow saving in Open
Office format.
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lee" <brianl...@charter.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible PDF's
> Hello,
>
> Writer (part of the OpenOffice.ORG suite) will export Word documents to
> PDF files. You can do a custom install and only install Writer if you
> don't want the other programs in the suite installed. When you pick
> customize you will be presented with a tree view of components. You
can
> press spacebar on each one to choose to have the given component
installed
> or not enabled. Of course you need to leave the suite on level 0
checked,
> but the programs listed on level 1 can be installed or left out of the
> installation. After installing Writer, you should run the JAVA
> accessibility bridge so it will recognize Writer as a JAVA application
and
> then restart your system.
>
> When you open a Word document in Writer or when you create a document,
> open the file menu and use down arrow to the export choice. PDF will
be a
> choice. In the next step of the wizard you might need to use the JAWS
> cursor and find the graphic before the "tagged PDF" choice. use a left
> mouse button click simulation on the graphic. use JAWS cursor to find
the
> button to proceed at the bottom of the window and do a left click
> simulation on that button. It seems to do a good job tagging, as I use
> the accessibility version of Acrobat and there was no tagging needed
for
> the exported PDF file.
>
> If you use Word 2007 then you can download and install the
SaveAsPDFAndXPS
> plug-in from Microsoft and then you can save as PDF in the normal Save
As
> dialog.
>
> Take care.
>
> Brian Lee
> brianl...@charter.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Stimson" <ma...@accessingenuity.com>
> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 3:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible PDF's
>
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I just wanted to share my experience these tools. I tried the
>> www.zamzar.com online service, and it did not create an accessible
pdf.
>> Although it did convert Word doc files to a pdf file, the pdf was not
>> tagged
>> and thus not accessible. To be a little "techie", the difference is
that
>> Acrobat Standard/Pro uses a plugin called "PDF Maker" for the
conversion
>> from doc to pdf, which does the accessible tagging. Whereas, Zamzar
uses
>> another conversion tool called "e-PDF Converter" or "Creator v2.1",
which
>> does not covert to tags.
>>
>> I also tried GhostWord, which is a free software download, and the
first
>> thing I noticed is that the most recent file is from 2004. This is
>> problematic because many of the tagging features necessary for
accessible
>> PDFs where not really in the market then. When I tried to open the
>> installation file for the most recent version (2.1), I keep getting
the
>> error message "The Compressed Folder is invalid or corrupted". The
other
>> problem I noticed is that it will only work with Word 2000 or Word 98.
>> So,
>> it looks like GhostWord is not an option.
>>
>> If there is anyone out there that knows of any other software they
know
>> of
>> for doc to accessible pdf conversion, please let me know.
>>
>> Thanks! Mark
>>
>> Mark Stimson, Ph.D.
>> Document Accessibility Specialist
>> www.DocumentAccessibility.com
>> www.AccessIngenuity.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com
>> [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lee
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:39 PM
>> To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] accessible PDF's
>>
>> Hello Robert,
>>
>> There is a web site that will convert word documents to PDF. There is
no
>> charge for the service. It is usually quite fast and takes only a few
>> minutes. When conversion is done an Email with a download link is
sent
>> to
>> the person who uploaded the file to be converted. The site is
>> www.zamzar.com
>>
>> There use to be a program called "GhostWord" for converting Microsoft
>> Office
>>
>> 2003 files to PDF. I have not used it, but apparently the program
>> installs
>> as a printer and works similarly to those that convert from PDF to
other
>> formats. It should be available on www.sourceforge.net. Again, I
have
>> not
>> tried it and I don't know how well it works. However, I have used
>> www.zamzar .com and received PDF files back quite quickly.
>>
>> Take care.
>>
>> Brian Lee
>> brianl...@charter.net
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert kingett" <kingettb...@gmail.com>
>> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:31 PM
>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] accessible PDF's
>>
>>
>>> how do I make my PDF accessible without adobe acrobat? I also have ms
>>> word
>>> 2003. is there a way I can just save my doc files as PDF, and have it
>>> accessible?
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