[NABS-L] [nabs-l] PowerPoint and PDFs

[Nina Marranca]

Regarding pdf's, does the doc show up as empty or as if it is an image? I've had this problem when text was scanned into a pdf instead of being typed. I usually just convert it to Word using a free site.

Nina Marranca
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From: NABS-L <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Danielle Sykora via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2019 14:01
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Subject: [NABS-L] [nabs-l] PowerPoint and PDFs

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if anyone has ever had any trouble selecting "enable
editing", on a PowerPoint file downloaded from an internet source? The
usual methods I would use are pressing f6, or control+s to enable
saving, but these don't seem to work. I get an error message when
opening such PowerPoint files, which disappears if someone clicks
"enable editing." It's been a year or so since I've been in school,
and I am totally blanking on how I used to solve this problem. This
didn't happen with previous computers.

Also, I've noticed I basically get just a blank screen when I open
PDFs. These are typical PDFs with text, not images. Is there any way I
can read these without converting them to a word doc? Again, I don't
remember this happening with previous laptops. I am currently using
Jaws 17, but could download a newer version.

These are probably pretty basic questions, but any help would be appreciated.
Danielle

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