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From: Dean.Vasile
Date: Dec 12, 2024 2:52PM

I do have to say as a JAWS user

I have had two OCR PDF documents that were not formatted correctly.
And then have to hear the header and the footer every single page.
So for me that was definitely a bit of a nuisance
Dean Vasile
IAAP, CPACC
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617-799-1162

> On Dec 12, 2024, at 4:08 PM, David Engebretson Jr. < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Yes, I've seen this issue. It's a bummer, a?
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> We've worked around it by including the header/footer information in the main section of the document. We just pulled the header/footer information into the main document and all is well. It just doesn't repeat in the document on every page...
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> Also, when you are saving the document, do you use the File-Save dialog and change the filetype to PDF? That's what I do to avoid the cumbersome Adobe software involved in the Save to PDF plugin offered by Adobe.
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> Also, be sure your PDF "Options" are set properly then you _should_ be golden.
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> Cheers,
> David
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