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Re: Blank pages in PDFs

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Apr 4, 2013 2:48PM

On Apr 4, 2013, at 4:33 PM, "Chagnon | PubCom" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> What prompted my question was that when testing PDFs with blind and
> low-vision users, some page up/down by page. If I remember correctly, these
> were probably low-vision users.
>
> Navigating to, say, page 4 and not finding any text on it, would that be an
> impairment to the user?
> Would it cause confusion if the user's AT couldn't find any content on that
> page?

It could, but that's a fine point. After all, the page could also "appear" blank due to untagged content or some other evil.

However - sure - if fully blank pages are a bad idea such such pages should instead include the (tagged) text:

"This page intentionally left blank." or equivalent.

Duff.