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Re: PDF: Tags not showing in the tags panel

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Jul 4, 2012 9:29PM

Hi Bim,

I experienced this once before about a year ago. The PDF is 8 pages
long, the tags stopped showing up after I tag the first quarter of
page two. Once I pass that threshold, tags stop showing up on any
page.

--
Ryan E. Benson


On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Bim Egan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Thanks for the welcome Ryan,
>
> Sorry my suggestion wasn't any help. I didn't realise you were hand
> tagging. Have a feeling that I have found this on hand tagged files before.
> I'll check my stock of files and do some experiments to see what can be
> done.
>
> Is there much text in the part that won't tag, and does it include any
> content that should be tagged as a heading or other structural feature?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan E. Benson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 1:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF: Tags not showing in the tags panel
>
>
>> Hi Bim,
>>
>> Welcome to the group.
>>
>>> Have you tried using the "Find from selection" feature in the Tags panel
>>> options?
>> Yes. It throws the not found error, even though I tagged the same line
>> 30 seconds before. Going into the content panel, the text is nested in
>> one or more of whatever container I chose. Choosing a different one
>> from TouchUp reading order would just add to the nesting layer.
>>
>>> The reason I suggest using the "Find from selection" feature is that
>>> content
>>> may be tagged, but be completely out of order, such as being right at the
>>> end of the document.
>> I am manually tagging this, and have expanded all tags, the tag nor
>> the words are in the tags tree. Same as above, I started looking right
>> after tagging,
>> --
>> Ryan E. Benson
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Bim Egan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>> Hi Ryan,
>>>
>>> Have you tried using the "Find from selection" feature in the Tags panel
>>> options? If not, do this by highlighting a word or two in the part of the
>>> text that seems not to be tagged, then going to the Tags panel, right
>>> click
>>> and select "Find in selection". If the selected text, can't be found,
>>> then
>>> it isn't tagged. This can be a bit confusing as the content panel may
>>> seem
>>> to show that it is within one of the items for that page, but it still
>>> may
>>> not be.
>>>
>>> The reason I suggest using the "Find from selection" feature is that
>>> content
>>> may be tagged, but be completely out of order, such as being right at the
>>> end of the document. In which case it should be dragged back to where it
>>> should be.
>>>
>>> Another means of checking is to take a text copy, then choose a unique
>>> phrase in the part you aren't sure of and search for it.
>>>
>>> On your asside, yes, it's the structure of tags doesn't show in the
>>> Contents
>>> panel, only that the tag that contains the content.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Bim
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ryan E. Benson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>>> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>>> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 4:24 AM
>>> Subject: [WebAIM] PDF: Tags not showing in the tags panel
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I am tagging a PDF, and mid-way through the third page, when I
>>>> highlight a chunk of text, the tag does not show up in the tags or
>>>> reading order panels. I checked all the tags within the tags panel,
>>>> and it isn't hiding anywhere. When I open the content panel, the
>>>> respective tag is right there. I thought I might have deselected
>>>> before clicking the button, so I have the tag's container nested
>>>> several times.
>>>>
>>>> / Aside
>>>> I know in the tags panel a list goes has a label and a lbody tag per
>>>> list item, and that is wrapped in a list tag. Does/Should this
>>>> structure be in the content panel or should only label and lbody
>>>> containers be in there, and at the same [hierarchy] level?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ryan E. Benson
>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >
> > >