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From: Hayman, Douglass
Date: Nov 21, 2022 2:02PM

Kevin,

I think that like skipping heading levels, having those blank "P' tags can be problematic. If one is on a web page and hits "2" with NVDA and it says no next heading level 2, I wouldn't imagine people would then try "3", "4", "5", or "6". Sure, they could hit "H" and hear "no next heading" but I've seen several PDF files that have a third of a page of single "P" tags which read "blank, blank, blank" whereas not being there, it jumps to the next tagged content.

Not sure if you're getting at both authors to do the right thing as well as AT users to know their tech?

Doug Hayman
IT Accessibility Coordinator
Information Technology
Olympic College
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