Soft returns are generating empty containers in accessible PDFs

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October 21, 2022
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Hello

Newcomer to the forum and relative newcomer to PDF accessibility.

I am finding that soft returns in my InDesign document are generating empty tag containers in the resulting PDF. These containers are then separating what is essentially the same paragraph of text into separate containers.

The soft returns are necessary in the design itself so I can't really substitute them.

Is there a way to prevent these automatically being added as it isn't really feasible to remove them at PDF stage?

Thanks

2BP

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Frans v.d. Geest

Brainiac

Yes, you see the Span and an 'empty' text. Do not worry, they do no harm and everything in the main P-tag is considered one paragraph. It will be read oke. Empty tags should be removed, yes, but this is not an empty tag, the rest is inside the Span, inside the P. It is, so to say, an 'empty text' (for lack of a better word). Just let them be 😉. A soft return is only bringing it visible to another line, but is still one <P> paragraph and will be read as such.