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Issue Running PDF Through PAC

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
June 15, 2016
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Hello,

My PDF is passed accessibility through Acrobat but when running it through PAC I have stumbled across an issue I can not resolve been doing extensive research but can not the error is...

"f or uf key missing in file specification dictionaries"

Can anyone tell me how I can resolve this by editing PDF in Acrobat so that it will pass in PAC Checker.

Would be great if I could get some help.

Thanks everyone!

Mike

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kennyc18261626

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I have the problem with PAC 2. I passed the Acrobat accessibility check, but when I run PAC 2 I got lots errors from the document table, the table strokes, it pick up all the stroke and under line...such as URL underline, any one know how to fix? I tagged the table as table, but why still pick up the strokes?

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murrjames

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What is table Strokes. If it picks up a URL underline, in edit links, selest the link and move it to one side, it is likely a line created when you converted. You should be able to delete.

kennyc18261626

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Here is the jpg of the error PAC pick up the table stroke or border each one...I have 6354 to fix...not sure its I tagged the table as table is not enough or there is anything I can do to avoid these error

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If you set the preference, you should not find PDF/A files have any particular protection from editing.

Converting to PDF/A-3a should not flatten anything. What is that you expect to be able to do, and what happens when you try?

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murrjames

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This form was completed as accessible. You see the borders around cells in the table, those were form fields with calculations. Now it is as if there are no fields. This is what I meant by flat....it has disabled (flattened) fields so they cant be filled out.

So I restarted the PDF.

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FormsMan

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As for the PAC2 checker it should show you the problem in one of the windows.

For not seeing the fields, Are you sure you didn't shut off show fields?

As for an Accessible form you want to save as a PDF/UA. The tools in Acrobat DC are much better. PDF/3a is for archiving and keeping the file accessible to be read back later.

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Documents tab under Edit > Preferences.

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murrjames

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Ok, I was looking in Preflight.

So I did that in Preferences...PDF-document set to Never.

Then went to preflight, , selected Remove PDF/a information,

No change. On the cloud if you want to look.

Adobe Creative Cloud

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Test Screen Name

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I believe it is under Documents, look for PDF/A View Mode. Set to Never. This only affects you, it doesn't "unlock" the file. If you want to remove PDF/A status (which won't mess up the other stuff) you can use Preflight.

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murrjames

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I am using Acrobat XI, not DC. Where is Documents.....I went to Preflight to Remove compliance A/3a. Document is no longer usable.

It is like it flattened everything. I will now redo the PDF from scratch. Sigh.............

ketakin91454863

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Hi there,

I did some research and found a solution for this issue.

Open acrobat DC >> go to 'Accessibility' >> Autotag document

Then 'Print Production' >> 'Preflight',

Then go to PDF/A compliance tab, then select 'PDF/A-3a' and select 'Analyze and Fix'.

Please run the document in PAC2, this will resolve the error 'F or UF key missing in file specification dictionary' .

I hope this helps.

Thanks.

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murrjames

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Hi, I used preflight to fix the 'F or UF key missing in file specification dictionary'

It has locked my PDF from editing.....How do I undo this?

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Did you convert it to PDF/A? Then you chose to convert to a final archiving format, and it's locked as normal for an archival file. But you can disable this in preferences: it's just a protection from mistakes, not a password or security lock.

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