Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 102960
Support for document Tab order when exporting to PDF
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
This is an accessibility compliancy issue. When I perform an Adobe Acrobat Professional full accessibility scan on a PDF exported from OpenOffice, it fails for 'Tab order may be inconsistent with the structure order'. I am creating regular documents (NOT FORMS), that contain hyperlinks to both external URLs and also internal document or chapter links. I then export to PDF and make the following selections: General tab/General: Tagged PDF, Export Bookmarks Links tab: Export bookmarks, convert document, export urls I open the PDF using Adobe Acrobat PRO and run the full scan. I can see the error message for each page that contains a hyperlink. I AM able to fix the problem as recommended by Adobe, by selecting all pages, go to options, then page properties and on the TAB ORDER tab, select 'Use Document Structure'. I could not find a way in writer to set the TAB ORDER for a regular document. I could see how to do it from the Form Design tool bar, but that doesn't help me in a regular document. I have a sample document if you want to look at it. Thank you.
Created attachment 63099 [details] Sample writer document with hyperlinks
@fauxwriter: please clarify some points. I'm not used with Adobe Accessibility Checks. - Going with a "naive mind" ;) in the produced PDF shows a correct tab order: all links get jumped on in the correct order using the Tab key. Can you find a concrete accessibility problem in the document while using it or do you only stuck on an error saying "Tab order *may be* inconsistent with the structure order"? ;) - You say: "I open the PDF using Adobe Acrobat PRO and run the full scan". I don't have tested with the Pro version and therefore might have missed the "full scan". Just using "Adobe Reader 9.0" and doing "Tools - Accessibility Quick Check" finds no error. Do I need absolutely Adobe Acrobat PRO to reproduce this or can I make such a scan in Adobe Reader 9.0?
Hello and thank you for looking at my issue. Unfortunately the Adobe Reader 'Quick check' does not pick up the problem with tab order. The company I work for requires all documentation, to pass accessibility checking and they use Adobe Acrobat Pro/Full Scan as the tool to determine compliance for PDF files. You must use Acrobat Pro to get the full scan capabilities. It seems as if there should be some way to set the tab order, either as the default or at a document level - even if it's just at the time the PDF is created. Thank you.
Well I check with Adobe Acrobat 8 (I don't have something else). Actually I don't really understand what this Error means as long as the document can be traveled consistently with tab... Looking at the workaround "Use Document Structure" in the Tab Order option is a feature we might support one day. One day because we are now supporting PDF 1.4 and this is a 1.5 feature. Reassigned to Requirements
*** Issue 116665 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***