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PDF/UA-1 rule 7.2-34: Natural language for text in page content cannot be determined

Fixed by the automatic fix lang, text

What veraPDF reports

Natural language for text in page content cannot be determined

veraPDF rule 7.2-34 = ISO 14289-1:2014 clause 7.2, test 34, checked on PDF object SETextItem.

In Adobe Acrobat’s Accessibility Checker the closest item is “Primary language”.

What the requirement says

Natural language for text in page content shall be determined

Can it be fixed automatically?

How to fix it by hand

Set the document language before export (Word: Review › Language) or in a PDF editor's document properties (Acrobat: File › Properties › Advanced › Reading Options › Language). Passages in another language need their own language on the tag.

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Other rules in clause 7.2

• 7.2-2 Natural language in the Outline entries shall be determined
• 7.2-3 Table element may contain only TR, THead, TBody, TFoot and Caption elements
• 7.2-4 TR element should be contained in Table, THead, TBody or TFoot element
• 7.2-5 THead element should be contained in Table element
• 7.2-6 TBody element should be contained in Table element
• 7.2-7 TFoot element should be contained in Table element
• 7.2-8 TH element should be contained in TR element
• 7.2-9 TD element should be contained in TR element
• 7.2-10 TR element may contain only TH and TD elements
• 7.2-11 Table element should contain zero or one THead kid
• 7.2-12 Table element should contain zero or one TFoot kid
• 7.2-13 If Table element contains TFoot kid, Table element should contain one or more TBody kids
• 7.2-14 If Table element contains THead kid, Table element should contain one or more TBody kids
• 7.2-15 A table cell shall not have intersection with other cells
• 7.2-16 Table element may contain a Caption element as its first or last kid
• 7.2-17 LI element should be contained in L element
• 7.2-18 LBody element should be contained in LI element
• 7.2-19 L element may contain only L, LI and Caption elements
• 7.2-20 LI element may contain only Lbl and LBody elements
• 7.2-21 Natural language for text in ActualText attribute shall be determined
• 7.2-22 Natural language for text in Alt attribute shall be determined
• 7.2-23 Natural language for text in E attribute shall be determined
• 7.2-24 Natural language in the Contents entry for annotations shall be determined
• 7.2-25 Natural language in the TU key for form fields shall be determined
• 7.2-26 TOCI element should be contained in TOC element
• 7.2-27 TOC element may contain only TOC, TOCI and Caption elements
• 7.2-28 TOC element may contain a Caption element only as its first kid
• 7.2-29 If the Lang entry is present in the document's Catalog dictionary or in a structure element dictionary or property list,
• 7.2-30 Natural language for text in ActualText attribute in Span Marked Content shall be determined
• 7.2-31 Natural language for text in Alt attribute in Span Marked Content shall be determined
• 7.2-32 Natural language for text in E attribute in Span Marked Content shall be determined
• 7.2-33 Natural language for document metadata shall be determined
• 7.2-36 THead element may contain only TR elements
• 7.2-37 TBody element may contain only TR elements
• 7.2-38 TFoot element may contain only TR elements
• 7.2-39 Table element may contain only one Caption element
• 7.2-40 L element may contain a Caption element only as its first kid
• 7.2-41 Table columns shall have the same number of rows (taking into account row spans)
• 7.2-42 Table rows shall have the same number of columns (taking into account column spans)
• 7.2-43 Table rows shall have the same number of columns (taking into account column spans)

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