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Sivakumar5E48
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July 16, 2022
Question

In tagged PDF, selecting a tag highlights multiple paragraph.

  • July 16, 2022
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In tagged PDF, selecting a tag highlights multiple paragraph in a situation where a hyperlink exists in a line with Forced Line Break in Indesign. The same issue will not occur when we remove the forced line break and export the Tagged PDF. But, we cannot avoid using forced line break in pagination. I would really appreciate if I get a solution for this issue.

 

Please refer to the below screenshots (for copyright reason, I replaced all the text with 'a'):

 

In Indesign, a hyperlink exists in a line with forced line break:

 

Above Indesign document exported as tagged PDF:

 

 

In Indesign, a hyperlink exists in a line without forced line break:

 

Above Indesign document exported as tagged PDF:

 

 

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Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
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July 17, 2022

It's difficult to figure out what you're showing in your screen captures.

What do YOU mean by a "forced line break?"

 

Question: Where are the hard retursn (aka, Paragraph marks)?  We can't see them in your screen capture.

In the PDF, a new <P> tag is started after the hard returns.

 

If you have instead shift+Enter (manual line breaks within a paragraph), they should not trigger a new <P> in the PDF because they are part of the existing paragraph.

 

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    Sivakumar5E48Author
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    July 18, 2022

    Hi Mr. Bevi,

    Thanks for the reply.

    By "forced line break" I meant "shift+Enter" only.

     

    I have attached the sample Indesign and PDF files for your convenience. Please check the last two paragraphs of the first page in both the Indesign and PDF files.

     

    In Indesign document, suppose a hyperlink exists in a line with shift-enter at the end of that line. In tagged PDF, the p-tag of a paragraph that has hyperlink with shift-enter, highlights the content of the next para and leaving the tag of that next para empty.

     

    Hope I conveyed the issue clearly. Please let me know if you need more information.

    Thanks.

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