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Re: Jaws not opening links

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From: Laura Roberts
Date: Oct 11, 2021 3:18PM

Nope. The tag is there and it passes the checkers.
As I said, I can open it with insert+F7 abt with a mouse click...just not
with the enter key.
Affecting ALL PDFs from any source so it's for sure not a tagging issue.
Something's up either with JAWS or Adobe reader...

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021, 2:18 PM Jonathan Avila via WebAIM-Forum <
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> It appears you could be the missing the Link - OBJR annotation discussed
> at https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/pdf/PDF11.
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> Jonathan
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> In a properly tagged pdf, I am unable to open any links using JAWS.
>
> If I use insert + F7, I am able to pull up the list of links and the
> activate command will open the link.
>
> However, in the pdf itself, if I click on enter, space, tab, whatever on a
> link....it does nothing. After using tab, I do see a little dotted line
> around the linked words, but other than that, nothing is happening.
>
> I thought maybe it was a problem with the tags in that particular pdf, but
> I checked a bunch of other pdf's and it's happening universally.
>
> I've checked all my settings.
> I've reinstalled Adobe Reader DC.
> I've reinstalled JAWS.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks for your help!
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