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Re: Artifact tag vs. Change tag to artifact in Acrobat

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From: Paul Rayius
Date: Mar 6, 2020 11:53AM

Hi Cindy,
As per the current PDF standard (ISO 32000-1:2008), the way that you're artifacting content is correct, as opposed to using the <Artifact> tag. This is being changed in the new version of the PDF standard (ISO 32000-2) but that's not really supported yet. When it's out and supported it'll have an effect on when a PDF is in reflow but, as mentioned, it's not really supported at this time.

I hope that helps,
Paul

Paul Rayius
Director of Training
CommonLook

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Subject: [WebAIM] Artifact tag vs. Change tag to artifact in Acrobat

Hi - I am looking through some pdf documents that have been tagged by others, and I see that they are using the <Artifact> tag on items they want to artifact. I've always either right-clicked on the content box and chosen "Change tag to artifact" then deleted the tag, or I've used the Reading Order to mark a tag as background/artifact. Does tagging something as an artifact have the same effect? I just don't see that used as often, and wondered if there is a reason.

Thanks!

Cindy Jouper, CPWA<https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/cpwacertification>
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