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Oct 16, 2025 9:38 AM UTC
Question

Graphic elements in Paragraph style not tagged in pdf from InDesign

Hi,

I'm relatively new here. I've been searching the discussions-section, but I can't seem to find if someone allready asked this question.

For a client of mine I'm advising them on how to make an accessible pdf from InDesign. Most things seem to work out just fine, but I've got a rather strange thing happening in the paragraph styles.

As you can see in the screen capture, they have made a paragraph style which has line under the paragraph, translation from Dutch screen capture to English: " + kleur lijn onder: Everyday Green + regel onder dikte: 0,25pt + verschuiving lijn onder: 9 px + lijn onder ingesprongen: 18 px + lijn onder rechts ingesprongen: -5 px" translates to: "+ color line below: Everyday Green + line below thickness: 0,25pt + line below offset: 9 px + line below indent: 18 px + line below right indent: -5 px".

 

Normally these lines in a paragraph style wil automatically become Artefact and the text will be <P>, (because the export label for this paragraph style is set toe P for PDF).

 

When I export this document to interactive pdf, with all the right accessibility settings, all those lines set in the paragraph style are not tagged in the pdf.

Of course I can set them manually to artefact, and then they will be contained in an Artefact container, but I think that's unnecessary manual work. 

 

Does anyone have a solution in settings for the paragraph style, er otherwise?

 

Hope to hear from you.

 

Kind regards,

 

Linda van der Berg

2 replies

Frans v.d. Geest
Community Expert
Community Expert
Oct 16, 2025 12:24 PM UTC

Open in Acrobat, select Preflight, single fixes, Artefact non essential items, run and save.

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Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Community Manager
Oct 16, 2025 12:18 PM UTC

Hi @LindaColibris,

 

Thanks for reaching out and for explaining the issue so clearly. Could you please confirm which version of InDesign and operating system you’re using? If possible, please share a small sample file, so I can test it and review the behavior. If the file is confidential, you can send it via DM on the community or share a secure link using a cloud service like Google Drive or Dropbox.

 

Looking forward to your update.

Abhishek

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