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From: Geof Collis
Date: Jan 26, 2010 6:54AM

Hi Everett

It is my understanding that the CNIB has a course on how to create
accessible pdf documents. :O)

cheers

Geof
At 08:29 AM 1/26/2010, you wrote:
>Good morning,
>
>Once in a while I run across a PDF that reads with JAWS one word per
>line (example URL below). Even when saving the PDF as text the
>content is saved one word per line. Can anyone tell me if there is a
>common structural error that people are making with these documents,
>and if so what it might be?
>
>Example PDF document that reads and saves one word per line:
>http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/pdfs/board/10jan18/12.pdf
>
>Thanks,
>Everett
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