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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Apr 3, 2018 9:12AM

I think there may be an internal flag in the PDF format that identifies
a file as tagged or not. If software doesn't play nicely with the PDF
format, it may simply omit setting that flag? Or maybe it is missing or
has a malformed root tag in the tag tree?

Regardless of the cause, if I recall correctly, to fix this, you should
be able to just right-click the error in Acrobat DC and select "fix"?

Phil.


On 2018-04-03 11:05 AM, L Snider wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have run into a PDF that has tags (done in Word and then added pages in
> InDesign or similar) in the Tag Window but the Checker says it isn't tagged
> and the Properties box says there are no tags.
>
> I came across this once way, way back and it could have been that someone
> inadvertently did temporary tags through the set up assistant and this
> caused the weirdness.
>
> I don't think this is the case here, but it could be. I haven't seen this
> for a long time, so I wondered what can cause a tagged PDF to be seen as
> not tagged? Just wondering if there are more reasons now than there were
> years ago,
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
> > > >