Hyperlink alt text is ignored in the latest version of Indesign
When creating or editing a hyperlink there is an option to add alt text. If you add alt text to your link and export an accessible PDF the alt text is ignored. I have a document with a ton of hyperlinks that all need alt text which we have added but don't come through because of this bug. Now I'm forced to add them again to the PDF.
Shane Smith
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According to the ISO-32000, the Hyperlinks are NOT supposed to be populated into the Alt-Text field. They should be entered into the Contents Key (see attachment) instead.
InDesign currently does place them in the correct place [see screenshot attached].
While someone using Acrobat can also add them to the Alt-text field, this is technically less correct than entering into the Contents key but either will pass an Accessibility checker.
InDesign implemented this correctly based on the above information (provided by Accessibility experts, like Dax Castro, thanks Dax).
Closing this issue.
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Adobe InDesign team
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Dax Castro commented
According to the ISO-32000, the hyperlinks are not supposed to be populated into the Alt-Text field. They are entered into the Contents Key. InDesign currently does place them in the correct place. See screenshot attached. While someone using Acrobat can also add them to the Alt-text field, this is technically less correct than entering in the Contents key but either will pass an accessibility checker.
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Claudia Iacovella
commented
This is a really important feature which needs to be rectified. I use this quite often when formatting reports.
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Luis Felipe Corullón commented
This is also a non-supported feature in InDesign Scripting DOM. #fail
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Leigh Hubbard
commented
I am experiencing the same issue. Please move this to the top of the fix-it list.
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Leigh Hubbard
commented
I'm having the exact same problem. I spent a week loading hyperlink alt text in 50-page InDesign doc only to find that it will not export into our PDFs. I tried exporting as both a print PDF and interative PDF. Neither bring over the hyperlink alt text.
