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From: Alan Zaitchik
Date: May 10, 2022 1:01PM

I am working on a PDF with tables that have 10 columns, At zoom above 200%
you have to do horizontal scrolling and "lose" the left most row header
cell. Apart from the tables, the document is mostly 2 column layout, and
this will not stack into 1 column, either, so you have to constantly scroll
to read, then scroll back and down, etc.
These documents are legacy, and there is no way to redesign them in any
significant way. (We do intend to do so sometime next year, but in the
meantime are trying to make as many improvements as we can given
the current layout.)
Question: is the above a serious failure or just a nuisance?
I suppose what I am asking relates to the question: what are the PDF/UA
reflow requirements, as opposed to best requirements?
Thanks!
Alan