WebCapture in Adobe Acrobat 7.0

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Adobe Acrobat WebCapture generates tagged accessible PDF files from Web pages. Acrobat adds the Adobe PDF toolbar and Convert Current Web Page To An Adobe PDF File button to Internet Explorer 5.01 and later, which allows you to convert the currently displayed web page to a tagged Adobe PDF file.

The Internet Explorer Adobe PDF toolbar preferences determine only whether converted files open in Acrobat automatically, and whether you are prompted to confirm the deletion of files or addition of pages to an existing PDF file.

The Acrobat web page conversion settings, which are available only in Acrobat, let you set more advanced settings, including the creation of bookmarks and tags. After you set the Acrobat web page conversion settings as desired, you need to use the Create PDF From Web Page feature in Acrobat at least once before the settings take effect in the Internet Explorer web page conversion feature.

Configuring Adobe Acrobat 7.0 for Accessible PDF Web Captures

You specify how Acrobat will convert a web page to PDF from within Acrobat.

To open the Web Page Conversion Settings dialog box:

From Within Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Do One of the Following:

Choose File > Create PDF > From Web Page, or choose From Web Page from the Create PDF menu on the toolbar (Shift + Ctrl + O).

Click the Create PDF From Web Page button on the toolbar.

Choose Advanced > Web Capture > Append Web Page.

Any of these actions will bring up the "Create PDF from Web Page" dialog. From this dialog select "Settings." (See Figure 3 - 31 Create PDF from Web Page Dialog for Adobe Acrobat Web Capture) .

Figure 3 - 31 Create PDF from Web Page Dialog for Adobe Acrobat Web Capture

Choosing the Settings button launches the "Web Pages Conversion Settings" dialog. In the General Tab of this dialog, you specify the creation of tagged PDF by checking the box labelled "Create PDF Tags" (See Figure 3 - 32 Web Page Conversion Settings General Option) .

Figure 3 - 32 Web Page Conversion Settings General Option

Note: After you set the Acrobat web page conversion settings as desired, you need to use the "Create PDF From Web Page" feature in Acrobat at least once before the settings take effect in the Internet Explorer web page conversion feature.

Converting the Web Page from Internet Explorer

After you created a PDF file using the "Create PDF From Web Page" feature in Adobe Acrobat (See Configuring Adobe Acrobat 7.0 for Accessible PDF Web Captures) ,you can take advantage of the Acrobat web page conversion feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Using the Convert Current Web Page to an Adobe PDF file that now appears as part of the Internet Explorer browser, you have the option to convert a Web page to an accessible PDF file, or to specify how Adobe Acrobat will handle the resulting PDF after the conversion.

Figure 3 - 33 Converting a Web Page to PDF from within Internet Explorer

The resulting web page is captured as a PDF file, complete with tags and alternative text descriptions that have been inherited from the ALT attributes assigned to graphics in the HTML version of the Web Page (See Figure 3 - 34 Web Page Captured as a PDF Inside Adobe Acrobat) .

Figure 3 - 34 Web Page Captured as a PDF Inside Adobe Acrobat