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2008-01-18 16:29:49
PeterS
Registered: Jan 10 2008
Posts: 11
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I'm converting files from PowerPoint 2003 to PDFs using Acrobat 8.1.1. The files seem pretty much the same, but occasionally I run the Accessibility Full Check and get a message like this: 3 element(s) that are not contained in the structure tree. And then it will say "Inaccessible page content."

For instance, on one page there's some text and 3 bullet points under it. Then more text and 2 more bullet points. Then more text. The first 3 bullet points and the last bullet point are described at Inaccessible. But the 4th bullet point has no problem.

When I look at the Tag tree, the tags look just like each other no matter if the bullet point is Inaccessible or has no problem. And when I use the Touchup Reading Order Tool, the order looks okay.

So what does one do when the Tag tree looks okay, but this error message appears?

Thanks.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.1, Windows
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2008-01-18 17:16:19
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Sounds like the "bullets" have a character encoding that does not map to Unicode. Thus, they are inaccessible.

Be well...

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2008-01-21 12:02:03
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PeterS
Registered: Jan 10 2008
Posts: 11
Actually, it's not just bullets. Sometimes it's the whole document where after converting I'll get a complete structure tree, but the Accessibility Full Check will tell me that the elements are not contained in the structure tree.

When I look at the structure tree, the tags look exactly like the structure tags tree of a document with no problems. When I use the Touchup Reading Order Tool, the order looks fine.

But when I select some of the text and click the "Find Tags from Selection" menu item, I'm told "The selection was not found."

I went back to the PPT and reapplied the slide layouts, but I still got the same error message.

So I can't figure out why sometimes the conversion works fine, but other times not.

Thanks.
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2008-01-23 15:39:59
#3
PeterS
Registered: Jan 10 2008
Posts: 11
I figured it out, finally. Most of the text in the PowerPoint had been given the "Shadow" text formatting. When converted into a PDF, a structure tag tree was created, but was not recognized by the Accessibility Full Check.

By removing the Shadow text formatting in the PPT, I could convert without a problem.
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