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About axesWord
You don't need to be a PDF accessibility expert. axesWord creates compliant accessible PDF documents directly from Microsoft Word. It's 100% automated, so rework is completely eliminated. axesWord analyzes your document before converting it. Depending on how you want to work, axesWord offers you different options for authoring accessible documents. For the best possible results when creating accessible PDF documents, set the documents up correctly in Word. This is the fastest and easiest way to start your document accessibility journey. Table heading cells for columns and rows, no matter what level or level of complexity. In the source document, you can also define all accessibility properties for elements that you could not previously create in Word. There is no need for any reworking. And if you need to correct something, you do it in the source document, create the accessible PDF again with axesWord, and you're done.
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Founded: 2015
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