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Agim31170049247v
Inspiring
August 9, 2023
Question

Bookmark with alternative text missing in PDF

To crerate an accessibility PDF we have to give all bookmarks an individual alternative text. This is possible in InDesign through "Edit Hyperlink". So when I give a bookmark the alternative text, it is missing in the Acrobat bookmark list. 

Will this bug fixed in the next Version of InDesign?

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    Frans v.d. Geest
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    Frans v.d. GeestCommunity Expert
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    August 9, 2023

    Alt text is written in the Contents Key of the Link tag, a 'bookmark' is something completely different. What is it you want and expect, and where?

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    Agim31170049247vAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 9, 2023

    Maybe I was not clear. I have a table of content automatically created in InDesign. For Accessibility every link in this table of content needs to have an Alternative Text. This can be done in InDesign through "Edit Hyperlink". In "Edit Hyperlink" there is the button Accessibility, where I can write the text in. So when I write a text into this field and export to PDF, this particular bookmark will not show up in the bookmark list. In the attachment you see that I put alt.-text in "Vorwort" and saved the File. Then I Opened it in Acrobat and Vorwort is missing in bookmarks

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    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
    Legend
    August 9, 2023

    First, bookmarks are not formal hyperlinks that require Alt Text.

    So you will never see Alt Text in Acrobat's Bookmarks panel.

     

    Second, the hyperlink that is automatically built into a table of contents entry doesn't need Alt Text at all, nor is there any way to add it when in InDesign.

     

    Just use InDesign's Table of Contents utility (Layout/Table of Contents) and it will automatically build hyperlinks into the PDF for the TOC. You do not need to do anything further.

     

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