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Re: JAWS keyboard command for Page Labels in PDFs

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From: Karen McCall
Date: Feb 9, 2024 10:54AM

Page Labels are the way that anyone, including those of us who use a screen reader can get accurate information about what page we're on or to go to a specific page in a PDF. They have been a part of ISO 14289 since version 1.

The page Labels let you identify a cover page separate from the main body of the PDF. They also let you assign preface pages that may be Roman Numerals.

Without Page Labels, we can't accurately identify the page we're on.

Page numbers are NOT to be tagged in PDFs...that is what Page Labels are for.

Page Labels not only provide this accurate information to those of us using adaptive technology, but to everyone.

For example, if a PDF has three pages in Roman Numerals and page Labels have not been implemented, anyone can press Ctrl + Shift + N and enter iii and they will be told that the page does not exist.

With the correct Page Labels, pressing Ctrl + Shift + N and entering iii will take you to the preface page Roman Numeral iii.

As I say, these keyboard commands use to work so we could bypass the Ctrl + Shift +N and simply get the current page number. They don't anymore.

Cheers, Karen