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Re: PDF problem with jumbled content in the page content pannel

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From: L Snider
Date: May 12, 2021 9:38AM

Sometimes the quickest thing is to redo the tags and then manually fix
them, if you don't have access to the original document (and even then
Word>PDf is doing the image goes last on each page again...I thought we got
rid of that many years ago, but it was back about 2 years ago. I would have
to see the document to see what options you have to fix it.

Cheers

Lisa

On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 9:28 AM Farough, David (CFP/PSC) <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Thanks Steve;
> I think I'll try that.
>
> To clarify this a bit, the problem is that in the tags, this content is in
> one paragraph taking up the whole page.
> I have tried fixing this by removing the page structure and then selecting
> content using the order tool. No matter what I do the tags content order
> is a mess and does not reflect the text I see in the order pane.
> I do have another file where the content for that page seems to be less
> problematic, so your suggestion is probably my best option.
> Thanks so much for your help with this.
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Steve Green
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 3:35 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF problem with jumbled content in the page content
> pannel
>
> In Acrobat, the Organise Pages feature allows you to insert pages from
> other documents. Ten years ago, this used to destroy the tagging for the
> entire document, but I have had no such problems when I used the feature
> recently.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Farough, David (CFP/PSC)
> Sent: 11 May 2021 18:39
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] PDF problem with jumbled content in the page content
> pannel
>
> On This page the content is all jumbled. There is no rhyme or reason for
> the way the content appears. Fixing this using the content panel is going
> to be difficult if I have to manipulate the entries in the content tab for
> this page. Is there a better way to deal with this?
>
> When I look at the text using the order panel, the text seems fine, but
> unfortunately the tags do not reflect this. I have tried removing the page
> structure using the reading order panel and then selecting text and
> specifying text for the text, but still get jumbled order. Is there a way
> to incorporate the same page from a different document that does not have
> this order problem?
> Thanks in advance for any tips or suggestions.
>
> David Farough
> Application Accessibility Co-ordinator, Corporate IT Management
> Public Service Commission of Canada/ Government of Canada
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Tel: 819-420-8418 / Fax: 819-420-8408
>
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