OpenText Output Transformation Server: tips and tricks

This article explains how to solve some common challenges that you can face during a document remediation using OpenText Output Transformation Server.

OpenText Output Transformation Server (OTS) automatically transform and present archived content in a highly usable, navigable and accessible format, such as PDF/UA, for persons requiring accessible technologies.

<P> tag is used in a header when Auto Detect is enabled

Follow this steps to set the tag that you want to use to auto-tag your document title:

• Select the PDF Parser component

• Click on one character of your title

• Double click on the character on the left-hand side
• Copy/remember the font Name and Point Size used

• Back to XFT Field Technology component
• Edit the field that contains your title

• Click on Auto Detect tab
• Click on […] close to Auto Detect Options

• Edit Default auto detect options

• Right click on TextToTag[0]
• Click on + Add

• Set the following values:
  • Name: H1
  • TagType: H1
  • FonCompare:
  • Fontname: CIDFont+F1-Asc
  • PtSizes: 15-16

NOTE: Original font name is “CIDFont+F1-Asc”. You must scape + character adding a \ before it.

PtSizes admit exact values and ranges. We are using a range because the exact value is a decimal number.

• Click OK button
• Click OK at the Auto Detect Options popup
• Click OK at the XFT Container properties popup

Now the title is using a H1 tag in the DOM tree.

A paragraph is split in multiple <p> tags when Auto Detect is enabled

A paragraph is split in multiple <p> tags when Auto Detect is enabled and you want to use just one <p> tag for the full paragraph. How you can do it?. Just follow these steps:

• Edit the field that contains your paragraph

• Click on Auto Detect tab
• Click on […] close to Auto Detect Options

• Edit Default auto detect options

• Click on TextJoining parameter
• Edit LineJoinUnderRation
  • Set value to 1.5

• Click OK at the Auto Detect Options popup
• Click OK at the XFT Container properties popup

Now the paragraph is merged, using only one <p> tag for the full paragraph

<TD> used in table header row instead of <TH>

When you autodetect the columns in a table that contains a header row <TD> tag is used by default. Ideally we must use <TH> in headers cells

Follow these steps to improve it:

• Select you table
• Right click on table
• Click on Edit

• Click on Cells tab

• Right click on RowHeaderColumns[0]
• Click on + Add

• Click on Value cell at the RowHeaderColumns[0] > [0] row
• Set value to 1

• Click OK

If you check the DOM tree you can see that now <TH> is used in the header row

The language of my document is not English

Sometimes you work in document remediation with documents written in a language other than English.

NOTE: You can check the language of your document in Acrobat Reader at Menu > Document properties. At Advanced tab in the Document properties pop-up you can see the language. This language will be used by the screen reader to choose the right voice.

Follow these steps to set the default language of a document in Output Transformation Server:

• Right click on your Document at the XFT Field Technology menu
• Click on Edit

• Click on DOM properties tab

• Select the document Language at the Language drop-down list
• Click OK

NOTE: If the language of your document is not included in the drop-down list you can use the ISO language code, i.e. you can use ca_ES for Catalan.