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

Thu Sep 5 21:31:16 UTC 2019

I have had this problem with PowerPoint and pdf. If Adobe Reader DC doesn't work, then see if you can get Adobe Acrobat Pro (version 11 or higher-it is not free). There is an Accessibility tool that will make nearly every pdf readable and writable, even some that are images. 

Camille  

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Hey Danielle, yes I have had some of the same issues. As Nina said, are the pdf files images or just text files? If it is not letting you enable editing, you may have to convert it to a word document, and there are a few websites you can do that on, I am not remembering them right now since I switched to using the Mac and I haven’t used windows all that much from the early spring. Yes, sometimes pdf files will show up as blank. I would check which browser you have set as your default browser, particularly Microsoft edge is not a good browser at all, especially when viewing pdf docs. Also, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader DC, I would download it because it makes it a little bit easier to view pdf docs, especially since you can set it as the default pdf viewer. I would also try downloading NVDA since it is free, and see if it will read them to you.

> On Sep 5, 2019, at 11:20 AM, Nina Marranca via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Nina Marranca
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> 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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