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beckyc50869601
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December 2, 2016
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Keyword Delimiters InDesign CC

  • December 2, 2016
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I work with a suite of designers who use InDesign CC to create documents they export  to PDF for uploading to our website.  The designers enter keywords in the file information and separate them with commas.  However, when they export the document to PDF all of the commas get changed to semicolons, which I understand is bad for Search Engine Optimization.

So two questions:

1.) Is there a setting somewhere we are missing to make sure our commas are retained?

2.) Does it even matter if keywords are separated by a semicolon vs. comma.  Will the keywords still be picked up by search engines?

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    barbara_a7746676
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    barbara_a7746676Community Expert
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    December 5, 2016

    It is not possible to retain the commas. The same thing happens when keywords are entered in other Adobe programs like Photoshop and Illustrator. It doesn't matter if keywords are separated by semicolon or comma.

      Jongware
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      JongwareCommunity Expert
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      December 5, 2016

      Neither the comma's nor the semicolons are actually present in the PDF. They are stored separately in a kind of list. It's just the way the information is shown in Acrobat Reader.

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      Charlie Y
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      April 13, 2020

      Sorry if my original reply posts more than once. The site kept telling me there was some sort of error, try again later. But at the same time, I got an email confirmation of my post. So, I'll stop trying now.  😉

      But my question is still valid.

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