Re: how are .pdf files constructed to best work with JAWS?
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Dave...
Okay,
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I didn't catch the distinction. You're correct about columns. In fact, I have problems with columns in Word documents, as well. I can never remember the keystrokes to switch from one column to the next. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
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From: "Bissett, Tom" <tom.bissett@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:03 Subject: RE: how are .pdf files constructed to best work with JAWS? Rick refers to columns not tables so you can't use the table navigation keystrokes in that case. When they are columns jaws puts one column under the other thus disassociating what was once related information. I have seen this so many times. I personally have no knowledge of how pdf documents need to be constructed. So many times now documents are created in other programs and saved as pdf format. So many of these programs e.g. ms word do not do a very good job and esentially trash the documents. I find myself having to go back to the source of the document creator and request the original version. Regards Tom Bisset -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounces@... [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Farfar, Nothing to Get Hung About Sent: April 18, 2012 12:49 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: how are .pdf files constructed to best work with JAWS? Rik, Usually tables are navigated using the table-reading keystrokes. Are you able to find tables by pressing the letter "T"? If so, then you can read the table row-by-row or column-by-column, or move at your request from cell-to-cell. Refer to documentation in JAWS keystrokes for navigating tables. I don't think it's related to how the PDF was created, as long as it can be read at all by JAWS. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: <rixmix2009@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 09:32 Subject: how are .pdf files constructed to best work with JAWS? I have found on several occasions to open a .pdf file in Acrobat Reader to find that the document is comprised of say 3 or 4 colums. And the data has like the name in column 1, the address in column 2, and the phone in column 3. But the thing is, that JAWS will read it all down column 1, and then to column 2, etc. Meaning that the connections between the adjacent field is lost, or made quite difficult. I do not know enough to tell folks, so I ask you. How may we tell people to construct these type of files in such a way that this does not occur? I suppose it may vary according to which software was used to create it. But I thought perhaps there is some descriptive terms to even better describe what I just tried to tell you all. Thanks. Rik _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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