More Adobe Acrobat fun

 Working on remediating some PDF files and have been frustrated by random elements that the accessibility checker finds in the final review.

I know that these elements are not in the visible file, but they are often artifacts from the production process.

I found a shortcut today on the Adobe help site. Sharing for my own notes and to help this pop up for more people. 

Here is the key part:

"To try this out, do this:

• launch the Preflight tool (cmd-shift-X, or go to Edit->Preflight, or search for it in the Tools view
• switch to the "PDF Standards" library (pull-down menu in the middle at the top of the Preflight window)
• again, in the Preflight window, switch to the "Fixups" list (click on the wrench icon)
• in the search field in the Preflight window, enter 'artifact'
• an item with the name "Mark all non-structure elements as artifact" will be shown
• click on the "Fix" button in the lower right to execute the fixup (again: make sure to work on a copy of your precious original PDF, or during execution of the fixup, save to a different file name and/or different folder)

Once completed, all elements should either be part of the tagging structure, or be marked as artifact (background element)

Alignable

 It's a new year and there is a new app for businesses.  I was recently invited to Alignable (see my profile) and I've spent a few hours looking around.  It seems to be a more personal LinkedIn experience geared to smaller businesses.

Have you joined it? What are your thoughts?

Lulu Publishing

My aunt wrote a sequel to her first book The Christmas Tree. It is called The Paperboy's Dream and talks about how my Uncle Steve first learned about paratroopers and how he decided he wanted to jump out of planes.  And how he managed to make that happen. 

It turns out that his awareness was triggered by a stunt by Bernarr Macfadden. That was an interesting internet hole to dive into. You never know what experiences will impact others. 

Posting these links to her author's page and books so that people can find them. I'm not sure why her friends struggle with the Lulu Bookstore so much, but they do.   

• Constance Gessner's Author Page
• The Christmas Tree
• The Paperboy's Dream