Word to PDF export splits lists into multiple tags

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Our agendas are formatted as lists, which often span multiple pages. I've found that when exporting from Word to PDF, any list that spans multiple pages will be split into multiple tags. This is non-compliant with accessibility standards. I'm looking for a way to get the whole list, regardless of how many pages it spans, to export inside of one tag. I'm able to remediate the tag structure after the fact, but it adds a lot of seemingly unnecessary steps and I'm not typically the one generating these documents.

creative explorer · Answer

@Dan240464823euzit's a known limitation and default behavior of the Microsoft Word to PDF conversion process, especially when using the native "Save As PDF" function — There should be an Acrobat tab on the Word ribbon (or the File > Save as Adobe PDF option)....use this function versus File > Save As > PDF in Word.

Adobe PDFMaker has a much more sophisticated tagging engine than Word's built-in PDF export. It is often better at preserving the semantic structure, including ensuring that a single Word list object remains a single <L> tag even when it spans multiple pages.

Word to PDF export splits lists into multiple <L> tags

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