Bug 39667

Summary:	ACCESSIBILITY: Functionality request: Enable accessible/tagged PDF export options by default [accessibility]
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Christophe Strobbe <c_strobbe-fdo>
Component:	Printing and PDF export	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	nifgraup, vstuart.foote
Version:	3.5.0 RC1
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	60251

Description Christophe Strobbe 2011-07-29 08:37:30 UTC

When exporting ODF to PDF (in Writer or another LibreOffice component), the author can/should check several options in the export dialog to produce tagged and accessible PDF:
* the options "Tagged PDF" and "Export bookmarks" on the General tab,
* the option "Bookmarks and page" on the Initial View tab (because many users who can benefit from bookmarks don't know they exist).

It is a good thing (!) that these options remain checked after the first time, but it would be even better if they were already checked by default (i.e. right after installation): many documents are sufficiently accessible to benefit from tagged PDF export, but most authors don't know that tagged PDF exists or what it means.
Enabling tagged PDF by default won't turn inaccessible ODF files into accessible PDF, but it would make many PDF files much easier to navigate with a screen reader. In untagged PDF, screen reader shortcuts for navigating documents (h for heading, t for table, p for paragraph, etc) won't work.

Background:
http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2006/01/understanding_t_1/ explains what tagged PDF is and why it matters.

Comment 1 Tom 2011-07-30 06:28:25 UTC

Hi :)
It's an Accessibility issue but i couldn't find how to flag that up.
Regards from
Tom :)

Comment 2 Christophe Strobbe 2011-08-18 08:35:48 UTC

Microsoft Office 2010's built-in PDF export produces tagged PDF. I have not found a way to turn this off.

Comment 3 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:21:31 UTC

[This is an automated message.]
This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it
started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is
changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back
to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases.
Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1

more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html

Comment 4 Christophe Strobbe 2012-01-27 03:23:50 UTC

I confirm that this functionality request is still relevant to LibreOffice 3.5.0 RC1 (i.e. bookmarks are exported by default, but tags are not) and change the status from UNCONFIRMED to NEW.

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