Create Accessible PDF files/Tagged PDFs/ADA compliant PDFs using Aspose.PDF for .NET

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@yaronz

Thanks for sharing the sample input PDF.

We have tested the scenario with Aspose.Pdf for .NET 17.11, as it is always recommended to use latest version of the API and output PDF was still showing Tagged property as “Yes” in the document properties dialog. For your reference, we have attached the generated PDFA file in our environment.

TaggedPDF_out.pdf (368.5 KB)

Furthermore, we have observed that the generated PDF/A-1a document, did not pass the compliance test in Adobe Preflight tool. So we have logged an issue as PDFNET-43658 in our issue tracking system. We will further look into the details of the issue and keep you updated with the status of its resolution. Please be patient and spare us little time.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

10

Thank you
I will test it.

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@yaronz

Please take your time to test the scenario at your end and in case of any issue, please feel free to let us know.

12

Hi,

I tried your advice and it worked, Thank you.

But there is a little thing
My licence is valid till 05 April 2017

And I notice at your Release Notes the following:
PDFNET-41810 PDF to PDF/A_1b - Text is garbled in resultant file

Is it the same for A_1a?
Does it means that my files can be grabled?
Do I must update my licence to get clean file?

Thank you,
Yaron

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@yaronz

Thanks for your feedback.

Please note that sometimes issues are used to be document specific and have only been fixed for that specific document. The issue which you have mentioned, was reported for a particular document as well as for a particular PDF format (PDF/A-1b). Since each PDF document has its own structure and complexity level so it cannot be said that same issue will be experienced with every PDF document.

We recommend to use latest version always because each new version comes with new enhancements and more fixes. Moreover, fixes against the issues, reported for older version of the API, are provided in new releases. As far as you are not experiencing any issue with your existing version of the API, you may keep using it and in case you experience any issue, which does not occur with latest version of the API, you may please upgrade your license to get latest version.

In case of any further assistance, please feel free to let us know.

14

Thank you for your reply,

So, If I understand you currectly
there is no known issue about A_1a grabled, right? at least at this moment.

Yaron,

15

@yaronz

Yes, your understanding is correctly. There is no known issue of Text Grable during PDF to PDF/A-1a conversion. As I stated earlier that it can be document specific and in case you face similar issue with any of your PDFs, please share the document with us. We will test the scenario in our environment and address it accordingly.

16

Hello
I see that at the new aspose version (19.4) is supporting PDF/UA files, that is great.

Can you help with how to convert an accessible WORD document to a PDF/UA-1 file?
(keeping the tags)

Thank you,
Yaron

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@yaronz

In order to generate PDF files from Word format, you need to use Aspose.Words API. In case you have accessible Word Document, you can convert it to PDF and share with us if you face any issue.

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Hi
Thank you for your quick reply

I attached the Word document that I want to convert to PDF/UA format

I used the following code (aspose total version 19.4);

        Aspose.Words.Document wordDocument = null;
        string inputFile = "2.doc";
        string outputfile = "2PDF_UA.pdf";

        try
        {
            Aspose.Words.License license = new Aspose.Words.License();
            license.SetLicense("Aspose.Total.lic");

            wordDocument = new Aspose.Words.Document(inputFile);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Can’t find pdf file");
            Console.ReadKey();
            return;
        }

        wordDocument.Save(outputfile);


        Aspose.Pdf.Document pdfDocument = null;
        pdfDocument = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(outputfile);

        Aspose.Pdf.License pdflicense = new Aspose.Pdf.License();
        pdflicense.SetLicense("Aspose.Total.lic");

        pdfDocument.Validate("validate.xml", PdfFormat.PDF_UA_1);

        pdfDocument.Convert("file.log", PdfFormat.PDF_UA_1, ConvertErrorAction.Delete);
        pdfDocument.Save(outputfile);

        Console.ReadKey();

The main purpose is to see that the PDF document created is a Tagged PDF (PDF/UA and WCAG Compliance)

2.zip (19.8 KB)

(if you can share a code it will be the best :slight_smile: )

Thank you for your help
Yaron,

19

@yaronz

We are looking into the scenario and will get back to you shortly.

20

Hi,

Is there an answer for this issue?
we are using the 30 days licence and it about to over, I will not be able to test it again.

Thanks
Yaron

21

@yaronz

Sorry for the delayed response.

We have tested the scenario in our environment and observed that output PDF/UA_1 document did not pass compliance test. Please check following code snippet which was used for testing:

Aspose.Words.Document doc = new Words.Document(dataDir + "2.doc");
Aspose.Words.Saving.PdfSaveOptions saveOption = new Words.Saving.PdfSaveOptions();
saveOption.SaveFormat = Words.SaveFormat.Pdf;
doc.Save(dataDir + "2.pdf", saveOption);
Document document = new Document(dataDir + "2.pdf");
document.Convert(dataDir + "file.log", PdfFormat.PDF_UA_1, ConvertErrorAction.Delete);
document.Save(dataDir + "Converted.pdf");
// Call this method to check if output validates the applied compliance
bool isValid = document.Validate("file.log", PdfFormat.PDF_UA_1)

In above code snippet, you can use Validate() method to determine if output document is PDF/UA compliant or not after converting the document. Furthermore, for observed issue, we have logged it as PDFNET-46429 in our issue tracking system. You can further see the compliance error in attached screenshot. We will definitely let you know as soon as logged issues are resolved. Please spare us little time.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.
2019-05-22_19-37-31.png (48.7 KB)

22

Hi,
Is there any news about PDFNET-46429?

Thank you,
Yaron

23

@yaronz

Regretfully the earlier logged ticket is not resolved due to low priority. We will surely inform you as soon as we have some certain updates regarding its resolution. Please spare us some time.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

24

Hi,

is there a road map for creating PDF/UA compliant tagged documents?

Thanks

25

@yaronz

Creating PDF/UA compliant documents is already supported in API. However, the ticket which was logged for non-compliance test results of output PDF, is currently not resolved. We are afraid that its investigation is not yet completed. As soon as it is done, we will inform you about its ETA or resolution. Please spare us some time.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

26

Thank you for your response
Can you please direct me to the documentation and share some code?
And does the output of the conversion pass compliance test?

Thanks

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@yaronz

You may please check working with Tagged PDFs article(s) in our API Documentation. We have tested with our sample files and did not notice any issue during compliance test. However, if you notice any with your PDF, please share it with us. We will test the scenario in our environment and address it accordingly.

28

But I don’t want to create the tags
I want to keep tags from word document.
as mentioned earlier in out conversation.
and I can’t see information about it.
is it available?