Yes, they are generally much better in Windows.  This is one place where Apple 
has really fallen short.  The topic of PDF reading comes up here from time to 
time, but I have not seen a good solution to this.  Simple documents are 
somewhat manageable, but I too have the issue with statements.

> On Feb 13, 2017, at 11:58 AM, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a real problem reading tables in pdf documents.  Various financial 
> institutions including banks provide vital customer related and strictly 
> private info in tables as a pdf download.  When I open a pdf document like 
> this in Preview, the information which otherwise one would read in rows is 
> presented vertically so that if there are more then two columns it is really 
> difficult to remember what info follows what.  This is particularly hard if 
> there are many rows in the table.  Some info is missing or invisible to 
> voiceover.  Is there a way of dealing with it in your experience?  I've tried 
> to convert such a document using FineReaderPro into a different format, like 
> docx or excel but I've not had much luck.  Are tables in pdf documents 
> rendered better in Acrobat Reader under Windows Os?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Andrew
> 
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