try reading the document by using the "left to right top to bottom" or "raw
print stream" settings. This will generally correct the spacing and running
issues that frequently occur when using the"infer reading order from
document" setting. I do this quite often when there is a problem with the
document and it usually corrects the problem.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Feldman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 4:46 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] PDF Files
Good Morning,
I am at my wit's end with PDF files, so I thought I'd inquire for help
here.
If there's a better forum for this, or we should be discussing it off
list,
I'd be happy to do that.
I've used JAWS to read basic PDF files, ones with practically no
formatting.
For instance, a novel in PDF format tends to read pretty well.
But I purchase a lot of PDF documents from www.drivethrurpg.com, and most
of
them aren't read very well by JAWS. I've seen many of the following
errors.
No spaces between words
On two-column pages, the columns being smashed together and read as one
nonsensical block of text
With tables, the left hand column being presented first, and then the
right
hand column, not side by side, but all the left hand column entries first,
and then the right.
Whole sections of books that JAWS cannot see at all, even though I am
assured there is text there
One pair of files where the author used lots of notes in the text and JAWS
had no idea where to put them, so it just reads them mixed up with the
rest
of the text.
Because of all of these difficulties, I've concluded that I may need new
strategies for dealing with PDF files. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong?
What are the optimal settings to use when opening a PDF file? Is there
anything I can do to improve the conversion of PDF documents to text? I
seem to recall that there's a place that we can Email PDF documents to,
and
it'll convert them. Is it any good? The problem with that approach is most
of these documents are larger than 10 MB, which I believe exceeds the
largest Email attachment I can send.
I welcome all suggestions and insights. Failing that, I will contact the
publishers and ask if I can get copies of the documents I've purchased in
an
alternate electronic format. It's just very frustrating to know that the
information is there and available, but still inaccessible to me. Before
I
contact the publishers, though, I want to make certain that I'm not doing
anything wrong.
Many thanks.
Nancy
I've tried saving files to text, and the
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