Links Created in InDesign Fail the Acrobat Accessibility Checker (Accessibility)

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August 3, 2023
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I have an almost perfect ID file that is even passing the PAC Checker with one exception.

All hyperlinks are failing the Acrobat Checker and are reported as "unmarked annotations." It is failing hyperlinks to specific pages in the document and also a hyperlink to an external website. I know the Checker fails links on parent pages, but it is failing my links on regular pages.

I have tried unchecking "shared destination" in the Hyperlink panel in InDesign. Fail. I have tried adding an alt-tag to the hyperlink in InDesign. Fail. I get "Unmarked annotations" every single time.

There really should not be a reason to have to manually tag and remediate these links in Acrobat. I must be doing something wrong to the links in InDesign.

Thanks in advance!

I have an almost perfect ID file that is even passing the PAC Checker with one exception.

All hyperlinks are failing the Acrobat Checker and are reported as "unmarked annotations." It is failing hyperlinks to specific pages in the document and also a hyperlink to an external website. I know the Checker fails links on parent pages, but it is failing my links on regular pages.

I have tried unchecking "shared destination" in the Hyperlink panel in InDesign. Fail. I have tried adding an alt-tag to the hyperlink in InDesign. Fail. I get "Unmarked annotations" every single time.

There really should not be a reason to have to manually tag and remediate these links in Acrobat. I must be doing something wrong to the links in InDesign.

Thanks in advance! (Also crossposted in Acrobat forum.)

[Moderator: cross-posted version in Acrobat was merged with InDesign version. This is an InDesign issue.]

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irenel59038959

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I have the exact same problem and it is driving me crazy. I am hoping someone has the solution to share here.

Rishabh_Tiwari

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Hi @irenel59038959,

Sorry to hear about the trouble. Please try the suggestions shared in this discussion and let us know if this helps or if you need further assistance.

Thanks

Rishabh

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com

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Please give us the following info so we can help diagnose the problem:

Operating system
Version of Adobe InDesign, including the build number, such as 18.5.0.57
And the PDF Producer used to create the PDF: in Acrobat, you'll find this in the PDF file under File / Properties in the Description tab. Example: PDF Producer = Adobe PDF Library 17.00.

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bren87Author

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Mac Ventura 13.3.1
InDesign 18.2.1
Adobe PDF Library 17.0

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bren87Author

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I have an almost perfect ID file that is even passing the PAC Checker with one exception.

All hyperlinks are failing the Acrobat Checker and are reported as "unmarked annotations." It is failing hyperlinks to specific pages in the document and also a hyperlink to an external website. I know the Checker fails links on parent pages, but it is failing my links on regular pages.

I have tried unchecking "shared destination" in the Hyperlink panel in InDesign. Fail. I have tried adding an alt-tag to the hyperlink in InDesign. Fail. I get "Unmarked annotations" every single time.

There really should not be a reason to have to manually tag and remediate these links in Acrobat. I must be doing something wrong to the links in InDesign.

Thanks in advance! (Also crossposted in InDesign forum.)