Heads with bullet show as list in accessible PDF

Question

In a document there is an H1 (which is marked as H1 in PDF export) that uses a bullet character before the head. When the document is exported, the head shows as a list instead of an H1. This causes errors to subsequent H2s as there is no H1 seen. Is there any way to avoid this other than changing the style of the H1 and manually inserting the bullet character in front of the H1? Thanks in advance.

BobLevine · Accepted Answer

Hi Bob,I was hoping there was an easier way to remedy this. This is an 1900 page book and that's a lot of heads that would need to be fixed manually. First off, try it with one or two. If it works, pop over to the scripting forum where I’m sure someone can bang out a script pretty quickly for you.

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com · Answer

FYI, whenever you use the bullets/numbering settings in a paragraph style, the tagged PDF will always show it as an /

list tag because the conversion utility is programmed to do this, even if you designate a different tag in the Export Tagging options. Bullet in a paragraph style = List tags 100% of the time.However, if you manually insert a bullet glyph before your heading's text, it will be exported as any other character and your tag will be set by what you choose in Export Tagging. You won't get the combo of list tags.

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