Alternate description missing for an annotation

[dt0245d3009278]

Acrobat pdf document containing hyperlinks are validated in PAC it shows 'Alternate description missing for annotation', to resolve this executed the 'Fix problems in PDF tagging structure' in preflight option acrobat,  the issue resolved but in the pdf tool tip text highlights have extra texts for the url links. Why this has happened in the pdf?

PDF before preflight execution

After preflight execution

[S. S]

Hi @dt0245d3009278,

Hope you are doing well. Sorry for the trouble.

When you used "Fix problems in PDF tagging structure" in Preflight, Acrobat likely attempted to automatically generate missing alternate text for annotations (including hyperlinks). This process can sometimes introduce extra text in the tooltips of hyperlinks because Acrobat may extract surrounding text, URL data, or metadata to fill in the missing alternate description.

To fix this, you can try the below steps:

• Open Acrobat Pro and go to Accessibility > Reading Order tool.
• Find the hyperlink and right-click on it.
• Choose Edit Alternate Text.
• Remove unnecessary text and keep only relevant link descriptions.
• Save the file and revalidate in PAC.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Souvik.

[dt0245d3009278]

Hi Souvik,

Thanks for the response, Is there any way to achieve through scripting in acrobat as I have no exposure to acrobat scripting because the pdf file contains lot of hyperlinks.