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Re: Blank pages in PDFs

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From: Jonathan C. Cohn
Date: Apr 16, 2013 7:14AM

How would that work with duplex printing.

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On Apr 16, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Jonathan Metz < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I'm just curious, but couldn't the issue of blank pages and page numbering be solved by renumbering the pages in Acrobat? If you remove the blank page 4 so it skips from page 3 to 5, why not just start a new section starting at page 5?
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan Metz
>
> From: Pratik Patel < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>
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> Date: Friday, April 5, 2013 6:33 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Blank pages in PDFs
>
> Whenever possible, I advocate for less verbiage. In this case, the
> individual looking at the PDF file has the ability (or should have the
> ability) to query the metadata from Adobe Reader. This being the case, I do
> not recommend adding additional verbiage that indicates that the page is
> blank.
>
> Pratik Patel
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> From: Karlen Communications < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>
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> Date: Friday, April 5, 2013 6:25 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Blank pages in PDFs
>
> I think of blank pages as decorative images and really don't want to spend
> time hearing "page X, blank page" over and over again. I should be able to
> use Bookmarks, headings and a linked Table of Contents to get to content and
> use Ctrl + Shift + N in Acrobat to get to a specific page.
>
> I appreciate that someone tagging a PDF has thought about this and decided
> to put blank pages as Artifacts.
>
> I do occasionally use screen magnification and having some vision is not a
> good enough argument to tag decorative content - which is what the insertion
> of a blank page is.
>
> Cheers, Karen
>