Tags disappearing after anchored elements in PDFs from InDesign 2018

Question

I'm having a rough time re-branding some InDesign documents I created back in 2016. I have some interactive PDF documents I've created that use form fields and the InDesign files have lots of anchored elements throughout. What I'm finding is that when I'm re-exporting the files to PDF some of the pages where I have anchored elements interrupting a long text box, none of the tags and reading order are being created for anything below the first anchored element.

So for example, I have a page with one long text box. There is a paragraph of text, followed by a form field which is laid over top and anchored in. Then the text in the primary text frame continues below the form field. None of the text after that first anchored object (form field) is coming through in the tags and reading order. I've found that if I break it up into all separate text boxes it fixes the problem somewhat, but I'm still having some weird problems with my tags.

I didn't have this issue at all when I made these documents the first time using an older version of InDesign, so I'm guessing that's the problem. Has anyone else dealt with this? Found a fix?

I'm using 2018 v 13.1.

Thanks!

maxwithdax · Answer

Forms can cause lots of interesting things in your pdfs. Most people recommend adding form elements inside Acrobat to avoid PDF conversion issues. I know you are looking for a fix, but my suggestion would be to leave the space and add the form fields in the PDF after the conversion. (which I know is probably not the answer you wanted to hear) If you post a file somewhere I can look further into it, but adding the form field on the PDF side will definitely bypass your issue.

-Dax

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