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Inconsistent results in accessibility checker

tubaboy
Registered: Aug 18 2011
Posts: 3

Hi- I'm trying to make a pdf pass the 508 accessibility checker, and when I check the entire 106 pages I get this message:
 
4 Table element(s) with no TH child elements.
 
I checked every table twice, they are all properly tagged. So I did an accessibility check for pages 1-51 and it returns NO PROBLEM with the doc; I try pages 51-106, same result.
 
All pages I try say no problem, but I can't get the entire doc to pass. Any help for me?
 
Thanks!
 
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Tubaboy

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.1, Macintosh
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
You have four Tables (<Table>)elements/tags in the structure tree that lack the required <TableHead> child element.
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Copy and paste the link below into your browser's address bar.
It is to a PDF at an acrobat.com account. Two tables are present in the Tagged PDF.
The first table is well-formed. The second is not. Open the Tags panel, expand the structure tree. Compare the two. You want table structure to be what is depicted by the first table.
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https://acrobat.com/#d=ERnEo4eifELVRRukAPH5kA
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Be well...

tubaboy
Registered: Aug 18 2011
Posts: 3
Thanks- I'm aware of what the error message suggests. Read closely- I checked every table twice, they are all properly tagged.

The issue is that the accessibility checker passes with no problem if I check any range of pages EXCEPT all.

106 page document: check all pages, get 4 errors

check pages 1-51 no errors
check 50-106 no errors
check x - x no errors
check all: 4 errors

Not consistent

Tubaboy

daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Curious - what did you do to get Acrobat's Full Checker to process just 1-51 and 50-106?



Be well...

tubaboy
Registered: Aug 18 2011
Posts: 3
Acrobat X pro, tools > accessibility > Full checkThere is a Page Range choice- I use it all the time to pinpoint errors in a large document (as you probably know, often the links that show in the accesibility report don't always move you to the offending itemm in the document).

Thanks

Tubaboy