Skip to main content
A
Agim31170049247v
Inspiring
August 11, 2023
Answered

PAC 2021 asks for tagging border of tables

  • August 11, 2023
  • 2 replies
  • 1444 views

Is it true, that every line of a border in a table has to be tagged? PAC 2021 asks for that. (InDesign 18.5 to tagged PDF)

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer Frans v.d. Geest

    Very time consuming solution you found.
    No need, can be easier and quikcker: Just do this in Acrobat: choose Tools, PDF Standards. Then click on Preflight. Make sure you see all fixes (In the menu it should say 'Acrobat Pro DC 2015' and not 'Essentials), the click on the most right icon that looks like a wrench; now use the search field to find 'Artifacts' fixes, there is one and it is called domething like 'Artifact all non-essential content'. Just run that. Done 🙂

    2 replies

    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
    Legend
    August 12, 2023

    PAC 2021 flags cell/table borders as needing tags, as well as other items.

    All of this visual clutter must be artifacted for compliance, so ignore PAC's error on those items.

     

    |    Bevi Chagnon   |  Designer, Trainer, & Technologist for Accessible Documents ||    PubCom |    Classes & Books for Accessible InDesign, PDFs & MS Office |
    A
    Agim31170049247vAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 12, 2023

    Found the solution here: https://theaccessibilityguy.com/path-object-not-tagged-pdf-ua/

    A
    Agim31170049247vAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 12, 2023

    Those lines should be artifacts anyway, so another bug in InDesign

    Frans v.d. Geest
    Community Expert
    Frans v.d. GeestCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 12, 2023

    No it is not a bug, it is dependent on which standard you follow: WCAG2 for instance does not specify that the pdf has to be pdf/ua, and it is pdf/ua that says everything that is not 'essential' should be artefacted, like lines in a table. So there is a Preflight fix in Acrobat to check for pdf/ua and there are preflight fixes in Acrobat to artefact all non-essential content. But again, it is not an InDesign bug (InDesign has no pdf/ua export).

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices