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Re: PDF Readability for people with Moderate Low Vision

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From: Keith Parks
Date: Dec 1, 2009 5:30PM

On Dec 2, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Wayne Dick wrote:

> My question is this: Suppose I'm reading
> well structured tagged PDF. How can I
> change the Font style, the letter, word
> and line spacing, and font sizing at the
> document element level (tag level). The
> modifications are really necessary for
> moderate low vision.
>

I doubt you'll be able to alter those things in the PDF, given what
I've seen of how PDFs structure content within the page.

If you are using Acrobat, an workaround might be to do a "Save as" or
"Export" to html. If it's a well-structured PDF, this might yield a
similarly structured html file. You could then either zoom the font
size in your browser, or apply your own style sheet for more detailed
control over type display.

The extra work could be a pain, but the result could be worth it.

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