Shannon, It is possible that there is nothing you can do within the Adobe reader. However check the reading order in the preferences menu. Sometimes, if you use "Infer reading order from document," tables will be created as tables and the INSERT along with arrows will work. This depends on how the PDF document is created, though. As Joe has already stated, the mouse can't work on PDF documents because Windows sees the text as pictures of pages rather than characters. This is because of how Adobe displays their documents. Adobe wants to make the document look as much like the original as possible regardless of which platform is being used, Windows, Linux, Mac, etc. Therefore, Adobe does not use Windows to display characters, but generates characters and fonts within the Acrobat Reader and presents Windows with an image of the page.
If you need to access the same type of document a lot and you can't get Adobe Acrobat Reader to do what you need, there are a couple of options you can consider. There are some products such as the Nuance PDF Converter that attemps to convert to Word and preserve the formatting. Tables are sometimes recognized and preserved even though Acrobat Reader does not have them. Sometimes, though, it has been my experience that such products make tables out of everything, too, so there are no guarantees. You might also try to talk to those who are creating the document. Maybe you can get the document before it is in the PDF format. Many PDF documents actually start in Word. It is possible that the data you need is in a table format in the source document. Good luck. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:33:47 -0500, shannon wrote: >Yes, my adobe is set for accessibility but it still is not easy to interpret >the information. >They are reports that are in columns but they don't come through as real >tables like we would like. it is all jumbled up. >one line of the report reads across as period, gross, fica, med, fed, state, >dues, int fee, >and the next line has the amounts for those titles and it reads >year, 6789.55, 228.0,178.03,28.00, 130.00, 28.00, >it is really difficult to tell which amount goes with what title with out >remembering that the fourth title is the forth entry in the second line. >It just does not read well. >now If I could find the gross with the mouse and then move directly down >from that word to that location on the second line and then read that amount >it would be so much easier. >Why does the mouse not work with a PDF? or why can't the brows curser be >made to work like the mouse curser and move directly down into the next >line? >These reports just are not set up verry well. I don't have the first clue as >how or what can be done to read these better. >Shannon >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pastor Gil Pries" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:08 PM >Subject: Re: PDF documents and the mouse >> Is your adobe reader set to the accessibility settings? >> If it is, you won't need the mouse pad. >> >> >> Pastor Gil >> >> On 9/7/2010 9:57 AM, shannon wrote: >>> Good afternoon, >>> I have to deal with more and more PDF docs. While the brows mode is very >>> useful in finding info written in the documents with the find feature. I >>> have a problem. >>> These documents I have to deal with are not very well laid out. Why can >>> the mouse not be used in adobe? I could do much better interpreting of >>> my particular docs if I could use the mouse to move directly up and down >>> once the text was found if the mouse could follow the brows curser. >>> As it is the mouse only reads the top and bottom of the adobe window and >>> not the doc itself. >>> Am I just missing something? >>> Thanks for any suggestions >>> Shannon >>> >>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >>> only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is >>> related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to >>> [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >>> >>> GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >>> manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >> only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is >> related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to >> [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >> >> GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >> manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >> >> >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. >If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to >GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage >your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
