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I have a document with table cells that have links to other document sections. The file passes PAC 3 checks, but fails the Acrobat check with Nested Alternate Text. Is there a way to keep the link (would be very useful to readers in this large document) and pass the checker?
This is an example table cell. Section 3.2.1 is a hyperlink to the section with alternate text noting the section name.
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Your use of <Link> and <Link - OBJR> in a table <TD> cell is valid. I believe the Acrobat checker is in error here.
I hope an Adobe accessibility engineer will chime in on this post, but in the meantime, I'd ignore the error in Acrobat checker and go with the PAC3 report.
I encourage you to log this as a bug at https://acrobat.uservoice.com/ so that the programming team can address it.
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Thank you for the link—I have posted to that log.
I didn't see why this would be flagged by the checker for that reason, but thought I was misunderstanding nesting or the protocols.
Hopefully the checker was in error and the links can be read and followed. The document is a couple hundred pages of dense material in a complex structure and the links would be very helpful to all.
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I just did a test of various hyperlinks in a table and it passed the Acrobat checker.
So that we can help diagnose the problem can you give us the following:
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My info is below. I initially create the pdf with Word 365's native pdf maker, then remediate with Acrobat Pro DC. (Much better results than using Acrobat's plug-in).
The Acrobat checker flag only occurs when I put the alternate text for the links within table cells. My understanding is that all links should have alternate text descriptions, but perhaps this is incorrect?
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Be sure to check for alt text on your table. I've found default alt text placed on some styled tables, usually something like "An example of a basic three-column table with a heading row and horizontal borders between the rows." I'm not sure how it gets there, but it will cause a nested alternate text failure when the table cells contain links.
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Thank you jubie. I could not figure out how to fix it and it was because the table had alt text. Once I removed the table alt text, the error disappeared.