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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Apr 2, 2019 9:15AM

I have an accessible Word document that I've used for years and have updated
the file format and accessibility features about every 6 months or when I am
doing a workshop. I save the Word document as a tagged PDF document for
each workshop that I do in order to get any changes to the tagging tools.



Yesterday when I converted the Word document to tagged PDF using both the
Adobe Acrobat Ribbon for one iteration and the Microsoft conversion tool for
another iteration/perspective, I get an error on the <Note> Tag when I run
the PAC 3.



The error says I need an ID on the <Note> Tag.



The ability in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to fix all PDF/UA problems won't fix
that one.I tried.



I've now spent time looking online for exactly what the syntax/semantics for
a <Note> Tag ID are and couldn't find any information.



I know where the ID would go in the Tag Properties dialog but have no idea
how to write one. Is there a specific number of characters, does it include
letters, if there is more than one <Note> Tag do the ID's have to be
sequential? Can I just press the Spacebar and be done with it?



Since this is a technical specification for ISO 32000 and ISO 14289, why
isn't it being done by the conversion tools?



Help?



Cheers, Karen