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rayna_0813
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October 21, 2024
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Accessibility Checker flagging elements that aren't in the document.

  • October 21, 2024
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Whenever I run the accessibility check across several documents the checker returns the same set of issues for Alt Text, Tables, Lists, and Headings.  

Expanding the arrows doesn't highlight any of these issues in the document, so I don't know where this is coming from. The documents I was reviewing had no images, no tables, and no lists. These were all PDFs of academic articles and book chapters. A colleague in the office next door ran a check on a document generated from R and got the same set of errors. I work with the accessibility checker on a regular basis and I've never had this issue before.

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luella_3291
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October 24, 2024

Sounds like there may be blank or empty tags somewhere in the file.  The checker can't show you where they are when they have no content.  Maybe right clicking on the Document tag and selecting Delete empty tags will solve this. 

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rayna_0813Author
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October 29, 2024

Unfortunately, this is showing up on documents that are untagged. I'm still seeing the problem on new documents too. They're all made by different users, so I think it's strange that the checker is finding the same errors across so many documents. 

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