Yup did all that and still no luck! However, the document can be read out by the built in screen reader that comes with Acrobat Reader, but I don't think that allows me to fill in form fields. On 30 Jan 2011, at 18:51, David wrote:
> hello there; > > 1, open your PDF with adobe 10x. > > 2, press the alt-key, right arrow to edit, > now up arrow and enter on, > accessibility sub-menu, > and then enter on, > change reading options, > now, a wizard will come up, use your arrow key and select; > Reading Order: Use reading order in raw print stream > > now tab, > and down arrow to select, read entire document, > now tab, > enter on start button, > > also, did you go through the, > setup assistant? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Moore" <moor...@blueyonder.co.uk> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:38 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] PDF Files > > > Hi Guys, > > I am very new to JAWS, so I apologise in advance for my lack of knowledge. > I have been sent a PDF form and have been assured that it is accessible and > can be completed and then printed off. > > I have never opened a PDF on Windows before as I am generally a Mac user, > but sadly VoiceOver on the Mac does not play nicely with Adobe products. > > I opened the PDF in Adobe Acrobat 10 and the version of JAWS is 11. Should > the PDF start reading automatically? I have tabbed around and also hit the > arrow keys, but nothing seems to happen. > > I can get the application menus to work, but I can't seem to get JAWS to > speak anything on the 7 page document. I have enough sight to see that it > is not a blank page. > > Do I have to do anything specific with a interactive form? Or is there a > keyboard shortcut I am not pressing to tell JAWS to start reading the PDF? > > Many thanks in advance and if anyone would rather discuss this off list, > then feel free to email me. > > Chris > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > Send any questions regarding list management to: > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > Send any questions regarding list management to: > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Send any questions regarding list management to: jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com
