I still can't get word to export a fillable pdf that's usable for screen reader users
The closest i've gotten is exporting a non-fillable pdf and then having acrobat automatically find and add fillable fields, except it only finds checkboxes, and the only way to manually add a text field is to drag and drop it, and then that has pixel coordinate positioning, rather than being in line with the text, so it makes no sense if you can't see it because it's just at a random location and the text broke

I UNFUCKED THE PDF!
By using legacy text fields in word and exporting it as a pdf (which removes fillability for some reason) and then opening it in acrobat pro and having acrobat automatically find the fields and make them fillable
That didn't work initially, because acrobat only found the checkboxes... but if I underline the text fields, acrobat finds them

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