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From: Zwack, Melanie
Date: Jun 10, 2005 3:28PM




I have read the directions on the adobe site (page #69 of this URL):
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_pg_ue.pdf
However, I am still having some trouble getting this to work correctly.

What the problem is, is that each time a <table> tag is read in the
accessible pdfs, the Jaws reader, reads: "Table with 0 columns and 0
rows". The documentation above describes how to adjust this, however
when I try to implement these techniques, the table is still not reading
correctly in Jaws.

Do I apply this to each <td><th> tag in the table? Or, do I just apply
this to the <table> tag? Or, just apply this to the <tr> tag?

How does this touch-up tool help to assist in reading a table better? Is
it reading out the columns and rows? Are there any other features I
could be implementing?

If you have additional information, suggestions, please forward!

TIA

Melanie