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From: L Snider
Date: Dec 5, 2017 11:29AM

Hi Bevi,

You mentioned that future PDF/UA tags are under development that may help.
Is there any more information you can provide about this yet? I am curious
where this is going down the line.

Cheers

Lisa

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Chagnon | PubCom < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Yes, you should care about the misordered sequence of headings. Jumping
> from H2 to H4 is considered an error.
>
> In situations like yours, we consider headings like Quick Tips or
> Checklist to be H2s (sometimes H3 is if fits the hierarchical structure).
> They are primary subheadings, not minor ones, and they are followed by
> related copy so they are headings, not body text.
>
> In some documents they may have a different appearance, such as a change
> of fonts, size, and color or in a separate text box to set them off from
> the rest of the page's content.
>
> It is compliant to have variations of heading styles in Word to achieve
> both the semantic tagging and visual formatting you need in the PDF.
>
> Example:
> "Heading 2" / <H2> tag for regular subheads in the main body text.
> "Heading 2 for Quick Tips" / <H2> for the tips box heading.
>
> Note that both headings end up with <H2> tags in the PDF, although their
> visual appearance can differ.
>
> There's no standard that says all H2 tags must look the same.
>
> Future PDF/UA tags are under development that will help make this easier
> and clearer to accomplish, but for now, this method works and passes
> accessibility checkers, especially HHS's. Of course, everything with HHS
> depends upon which tester reviews your file as they each have their own
> opinion about things like this.
>
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> Bevi Chagnon
> www.PubCom.com | Technologists for Accessible Design and Publishing
> print – digital – web – documents – pdfs – epubs
> consulting – training – development – design – sec. 508 services
> — — —
> Bevi Chagnon is a US delegate (ANSI) to the ISO for PDF and PDF/UA
> standards
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