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Re: PDF tagged or not?

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From: chagnon
Date: Apr 3, 2018 9:08PM

> On 2018-04-03 11:05 AM, L Snider wrote:
> > 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.

Wait, wait...
What's the workflow here?
Trying to interpret what you wrote, is it this?

1) Make the Word document.
2) Export it as a tagged PDF.
3) Place the tagged PDF into InDesign and add more pages to the InDesign document.
4) Export the whole enchilada from InDesign to a new tagged PDF.

At this time, when a PDF is placed into an InDesign layout (a.k.a. a nested PDF) and re-exported as a PDF, the nested PDF comes out as a graphic in the final PDF and is not accessible, other than treating it like a graphic and putting Alt-text on it.

At this time, this is not a valid workflow.

You can, however, import any Word document (accessible or not) into InDesign, lay out the document, and export it as a fully accessible PDF, which actually is the most common workflow for InDesign.

Question: why are you making a PDF from Word in the first place? If the content is going to be placed into InDesign, why not place/import the actual Word file?

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