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From: Liv Detrick
Date: Oct 6, 2021 12:42PM

Thank you for the tip! I will do that!

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 2:38 PM Elizabeth Thomas < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Liv,
>
> In Word, make sure that you have checked the option in "Table Design" for
> header row. Only selecting "repeat as header row" for the header row in
> "table layout" sometimes does not generate the <TH> tag when the document
> is converted to PDF.
>
> I do not have the buggy version of Acrobat Pro(thanks to this forum, I was
> able to flag the issue for IT and not receive the update). However, some of
> my colleagues have it, and when they converted to PDF with PDF maker the
> table header tags did follow into the PDF correctly. But I did have the
> option set for "header row" in table design. (We use Windows, I'm not sure
> if the same would be true on a Mac).
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> -Elizabeth Thomas
> CPACC, ADS
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 5, 2021, at 4:59 PM, Liv Detrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a follow-up question to the recent thread about PDF creator. I
> have
> > the updated version 2021.700…
> >
> >
> >
> > I am having trouble with tables and I'm not sure if this is a bug with
> > Acrobat or something that I am doing wrong. I have documents in Microsoft
> > Word that contain tables. When I export to PDF and run the Acrobat
> > accessibility checker, I get the error "Headers - Failed"
> >
> >
> >
> > In Microsoft Word, under Acrobat, Preferences, I have "enable advanced
> > tagging" checked.
> >
> >
> >
> > Under table properties, I have checked the box "Repeat as header row at
> the
> > top of each page" for the header row.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there anything else I need to adjust or is this likely an issue with
> > Acrobat? I'm a newbie to creating accessible PDF documents and greatly
> > appreciate your advice!
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Liv
> >
>