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Re: PDF Tagging - layout tables.

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From: Laura Roberts
Date: Jul 13, 2022 5:21AM

It's hard to say without seeing the table, but I agree - pulling the tags
out of the table and changing to either headings and paragraph tags, or
list tags is what I often do with layout tables.

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 11:30 PM Murphy, Sean via WebAIM-Forum <
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> All,
>
> I have a request from one of our developers how to apply
> role="presentation" to a PDF document. From my research this appears not
> possible. The documents being created are dynamic in nature and the
> developer is creating a template. The table is being used for laying out
> information. Yes, might not be the best approach, but this is what we are
> working with.
>
> How can you simulate the role=presentation approach available in HTML for
> tables?
> Does anyone have development documentation to achieve this functionality?
>
>
> Any help here would be greatly welcomed.
>
> Regards
> Sean Murphy
>
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