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Re: Question about tagged PDF

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Aug 25, 2015 9:54AM

> On Aug 25, 2015, at 02:15, _mallory < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Wait, I have Open Office, I haven't seen anything there for tagging.
> If it's in there, I will go look again because til now I've been
> booting a slow laggy virtual box for all this!
> _mallory

The "Tagged PDF" option in the "Exporting to PDF" dialog is documented (in a manner of speaking) here:

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started/Exporting_to_PDF

You'll find the resulting PDF includes tags in logical order (for simpler documents) automatically. Structure elements (headings, lists, tables, etc) will be present and correct based on the author's choice/ability to use appropriate styles.

Selecting PDF/A-1 in addition ensures that fonts are embedded and that, in general, the file is in good shape.

Duff.