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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Jan 5, 2018 10:23AM

Thanks for the update. Always great to have shiny new versions of tools!

I read in the release notes that this new version adds an additional
checkpoint for "table header cell assignments". And after comparing PAC
2 vs PAC 3 results for a recently finished PDF, I note with some
embarrassment that I have a series of error flags that weren't there in
my PAC 2 tests. It turns out that I have sometimes been leaving the
"scope" attribute blank for regular tables with a single header row
across the top on the incorrect assumption that the scope was only
required for complex tables. After double-checking the PDF/UA spec, I
see that the scope is indeed required for table headers except where
unique header attributes and IDs are used in its stead. Ooops! Glad that
I won't be making that error again!

Phil.


On 2017-12-22 9:17 PM, L Snider wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Santa brought us a new version of PAC for PDF/UA checking:
> http://www.access-for-all.ch/en/pdf-lab/536-pdf-accessibility-checker-pac-3.html
>
> Happy holidays!
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
> > > >