Reading order issue when a footnote is split over to next page or column
When a footnote split over to next page or column, the accessible PDF generated from InDesign CC 2023 has notes reading order messed up. The first note reference on the page where the portion of a note comes in from the previous page/column reads the continued note text and likewise the second note reference reads the first note and so on. Eventually the last note is read at the end regardless it's note reference. It's a serious issue because not only the reading order needs to be fixed for the last note on the page that has splitting to the next column or page but also all the notes appearing on that page where the split portion has come in will also need to be fixed manually.
To my mind It's a critical bug that is making InDesign unusable to create accessible content and needs to be addressed on highest priority.
Krishan Goswami
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Bevi Chagnon | ACP
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Thanks for the update, Frans.
We're starting to advise clients to stop using Adobe's products for accessibility. Example: exporting PDFs from MS Word/Office. Microsoft's export utility has been continually updated and corrected over the past year and the engineering team has made tremendous progress on a stable, readable, functional PDF from their programs. Better accessible hyperlinks, better TOCs, better footnotes (especially how the <Note> tag is placed). No more Adobe PDF Maker. We still use Axes4 PDF export tools, but mainly for PowerPoints.
But for InDesign, most of our clients are stuck with Adobe. Our US governments (federal, state and local) have clamped down ******* software from outside the US, so Made To Tag isn't an option for them. It will only get worse now that clowns control our federal government.
I don't understand why Adobe would throw away its dominant marketshare of design/publishing by not doing a better job with accessibility. I often wonder where the programming teams are getting their advice on what makes an accessible PDF.
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Anonymous commented
Very, very, very bad. Only workaround for now: do not split...
I logged this one today: submitted with bug ID: ID-4263992 -
Klaas
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With the European Accessibility Act coming up, the is now much more critical.
Many Publisher can't use InDesign anymore, as the bug can't be handled within InDesign ans manual fixing in the PDF takes hours. -
Krishan Goswami
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Attached the InDesign file as well.