Accessibility checker does not recognize metadata title in PDF from PowerPoint

[Lisa229636276ozg]

Hi all,

I'm testing accessibility for PDFs generated from PowerPoint and am having an accessibility-related issue where the title I have specified in PPT metadata carries over to PDF during conversion, but the Acrobat Pro DC Accessibility Checker does not recognize the title. The checker always fails the title, even though it's in the PDF metadata. I have noticed that the Acrobat title bar displays the file name instead of the title, and when I right-click the Title - Failed item in Accessibility Checker and select Fix, it changes the title bar to display the title and passes the title.

Is there some setting I'm missing somewhere during conversion that is causing this Title - Failed issue in Accessibility Checker and preventing the title from just appearing in the title bar automatically?

Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.

Lisa

Title in metadata in PPT:

Title in metadata in PDF after conversion:

Title - Failed in Accessibility Checker with file name in title bar:

Title - Passed after selecting "Fix" and title in title bar:

[Lisa229636276ozg]

These are my conversion settings:

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com · Accepted solution]

That's a common misinterpretation of "Title Failed" in the accessibility report.

The data did indeed carry over from the source document into the PDF's metadata/file properties. That's half of what's required to pass the checker.

But there's one more setting required for accessibility: under the metadata's initial view settings, the option to show the Title rather than the File Name must be set. This is what Acrobat's accessibility checker is checking...and failing in your PDFs.

Only one source program allows the user to pre-set this option as the PDF is being exported, Adobe InDesign.

But exports from MS Office do not give the user the option to pre-set this, so every PDF from Office will need to be corrected manually after the PDF is created.

[Lisa229636276ozg]

Thank you, @Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com! I appreciate your response!

For those who don't know how to find the document's initial view settings, go to File > Properties, and then the Initial View tab. Select Document Title from the Show field. (Screenshot below.) Many thanks again, Bevi!

[jillc61428337]

Hi Bev
I've just found your helpful comment. I'm having the issue of acrobat accessibility checker failing my title. I have inputted the title in Indesign file > file info but when I export the pdf it's failing. What am I doing wrong?
Jill

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com]

It's a 2-step process:

1. Fill in the Title in the file's document properties (File / File Info), and
2. Check the option to set the Title when you're in the File/Export/Interactive dialogue box. (Advanced tab / Display Title/Document Title.)

Check to make sure both were done.