I have a TOC in a Word 2007 doc and converted it PDF using Acrobat 9 Pro. I can access the links by mouse, keyboard and there are even bookmarks for each one. The problem is that JAWS does not recognized the links. I have tried changing the 'reference' tag to 'paragraph' and/or 'link'. Any ideas how to resolve this?
thx
Specifically, the code-smiths may have ignored the the grouping (*) elements &
along with the (**) element.A Word 2007 *.doc or *.docx file that is processed out to a taggd PDF for accessibility via an appropriately configure PDFMaker will have the ISO 32000-1 appropriate , , and elements; in the appropiate
parent - child hierarchy.
Note that not is the required child element of .
The child elements are the same as those of an accessible element.
The definition of (given below) clarifies why, in context of a table of contents, this is appropriate.The unfortunate aspect of reliance on a single AT application such as JAWS as the "calibration standard" is that, often,
it is not, itself, "calibrated".
With PDF now an ISO standard we have just that ... an objective *Standard*.
To get a grip on it, one most make "a study" of it. Myself, I'm still at it .
Regardless, the "best-practice" for a content author is to build to the *Standard*.
Then, with an understanding of what ISO 32000-1 discusses, "walk the structure tree".
With that said, clearly AT applications play an important role; but, until they are fully harmonized to
the ISO Standard they are dubious instruments as "calibration standards".
(*) Grouping elements shall be used solely to group other structure elements; they are not directly associated with content items.
(**) Reference :: A citation to content elsewhere in the document.
is an inline-level structure element.
An inline-level structure element (ILSE) contains a portion of text or other content having specific styling characteristics or playing a specific role in the document.
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