Gene and all: I want to report that I believe I've solved my problem here.
Thanks to a suggestion by Adrian, the strategy of using Convenient OCR to convert the document, and then copying and pasting into Notepad has definitely worked the best. I had to take some time cleaning up the resulting files, but things now appear to be fairly readable. Thanks, all, for your patience as I sorted things out. Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Problem Advancing Beyond First Page Of PDf Articles Hi Although this isn't an answer, it is related. The last time I looked at Adobe Reader DC, I disliked it so much that I removed it and went back to version 9.5. I had the same reaction when I tried upgrading to Adobe Reader X. Even Reader 9.5 isn't my primary pdf reader, for that I use Q Read. I only use Adobe Reader when I need to print or use JAWS convenient OCR's document feature on a PDF of page images instead of text. From there I save the text to a text file and use notepad or Word to read the file. Later... On 5/25/2017 3:06 PM, Tom Behler wrote: > Mike: > > I'm sorry, but those commands do not work for me here. > > Control down arrow does not advance me beyond the first page of the > PDF document. > > Tom Behler > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Mike O'Brien > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 2:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Problem Advancing Beyond First Page Of PDf > Articles > > Hi Tom > > To move to the next page in a PDF document press control+down arrow. > To move to the previous page, press control+up arrow. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Tom Behler > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 12:04 > To: 'Jaws users list' > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Problem Advancing Beyond First Page Of PDf > Articles > > Hello, everyone. > > > > I am having a problem reading a few PDF articles I have just been sent. > > > > Once I open the attachments, via Adobe Acrobat DC, I find that I > cannot advance beyond the first page of each article, either via the > arrow keys, or the page up and page down keys. > > > > Interestingly, when I use my arrow keys and the page up or down keys, > the visual sscreen advances with no problem. In other words, Jaws > appears to be stuck on the first page and is unable to advance through > the rest of the file. > > > > I'm using Windows 7 and the latest build of Jaws 18 here, along with > Adobe Acrobat DC. > > > > Any suggestions would be apreciated. > > > > Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
