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Re: Underlines in Forms

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From: Jerra Strong
Date: Mar 1, 2023 4:55PM

One way is to insert lines as shapes in Microsoft Word, then they can be
marked as "decorative" and won't be tagged in the final PDF, but they'll
still be there for the PDF to detect. As a fellow gov't employee, please
feel free to message me directly if you have some PDF form questions.

On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 3:51 PM Sherman, Joseph <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi all.
> I am remediating a PDF Form in Adobe. The author put in underlines in the
> Word document and used the Autodetect Form Fields command. The problem is
> that JAWS reads all the Underlines (underline, underline, underline), which
> is annoying (NVDA does not read the underlines). If I try to Artifact the
> Underlines from the Content Panel, for some reason the entire content of
> the Container gets untagged, instead of just the Underline. For example, I
> have put the Underlines from a section in an Artifact, but the entire
> section has been untagged for some reason. I can see the empty <P> tag.
>
> I know they can remove the underlines from the Word document and manually
> add the Form Fields, but there are many fields and the Autodetect Form
> Fields command is convenient.
>
> Is there a way to convert to PDF without it putting the Underlines in
> Content that JAWS will read? Or is there a way to Artifact the Underlines
> without untagging the Content section?
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Joseph
>
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