Hi gang, Do you happen to know if InDesign 2025 supports certain PDF element tags? Have they improved/added on the following tags? Part Code Formula Annot BibEntry Quote BlockQuote (If this question sounds familiar, yes, I have asked this question every couple of years.) Last time I tested, the above tags were not directly supported in InDesign. Has that improved with the release of the InDesign 2025 version?

Mike Witherell

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InDesign 2025 support for PDF element accessibility tags

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
October 22, 2024
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Hi gang,

Do you happen to know if InDesign 2025 supports certain PDF element tags?

Have they improved/added on the following tags?

Part
Code
Formula
Annot
BibEntry
Quote
BlockQuote

(If this question sounds familiar, yes, I have asked this question every couple of years.)

Last time I tested, the above tags were not directly supported in InDesign.

Has that improved with the release of the InDesign 2025 version?

Import and export

Frans v.d. Geest

Community Expert

None of the above. InDesign has a few grouping tags, but not Part. The rest of the tags is not supported, but you can always Role map them to Paragraph styles in Acrobat ( but not to Character styles, so you can Role map to BlockQuote but not Quote...).

Mike Witherell

Author

Community Expert

Hi Frans,

I'm glad you wrote about "you can always Role Map them" in Acrobat. I hate role-mapping tags that should already match in Acrobat PDF. What a continual waste of time. Year after year!

Mike Witherell

Author

Community Expert

Hi gang, just bumping this list request for an acknowledgment of which tags are supported versus which tags are not. We should have a reference relative to PDF and EPUB and Publish Online, too.

Mike Witherell

Author

Community Expert

Anyone?

Mike Witherell

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi @Mike Witherell,

Thanks for reaching out! I’m currently checking with the product team regarding the support for the PDF element tags you mentioned in InDesign 2025. I’ll be sure to provide you with an update as soon as I have more information.

Thanks for your patience!

Best,
Abhishek Rao

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