Re: Retaining headings when converting to PDF

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr-bM6h3K5UM15l57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>]

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You can create them on the command line using Word, on either Mac or
Windows (using the MSOffice) - or Mac, Win or Linux using LibreOffice.
Requires a second command, to go Word->PDF but still easy enough.

Hakon - yes, thanks for the reminder.

On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 1:36 PM James Benstead <james.benstead-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> Thank you all, that's very helpful.
>
> mb21: thank you for directing me to the github issue. I'd actually found
> that independently, and it led me to try using ConTeXt. As you can see from
> my comments at the bottom of the issue, while ConTeXt does add in some
> headers, it doesn't allow for any hierarchical depth: i.e., when it
> produces a PDF it flattens all headers to level 1.
>
> Word seems like the best bet for now, so I'll keep using that. I'll keep
> an eye on this, though, as it would be great to be able to create tagged
> PDFs from the command line, based on Markdown files.
>
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> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 at 18:26, mb21 <mauro.bieg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> There is also a corresponding pandoc github issue, where people also
>> report success with ConTeXt:
>> https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/5409#issuecomment-678782766
>>
>> On Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 5:51:11 PM UTC+2 Håkon Wium Lie wrote:
>>
>>> Also, Prince will happily create tagged PDF from HTML.
>>>
>>> http://www.princexml.com
>>>
>>> (I'm on the board of YesLogic, the company behind Prince)
>>>
>>> Håkon Wium Lie haa...-EO96REbE7qRuMpJDpNschA@public.gmane.org www.wiumlie.no/en
>>>
>>> Leonard Rosenthol wrote::
>>>
>>> > That is because the current PDF creation processes from Pandoc (either
>>> via
>>> > TeX or HTML) cannot produce a proper Tagged PDF, that is required for
>>> > screen reader integration.
>>> >
>>> > Your current best bets are to produce the PDF from Word/DocX using
>>> either
>>> > MSWord or LibreOffice, with the option to create Accessible/Tagged PDF
>>> > turned on or to produce ICML with Pandoc and use Adobe InDesign to
>>> produce
>>> > the Tagged PDF.
>>> >
>>> > I am currently producing Tagged PDFs from Markdown through both of
>>> these
>>> > paths and they each have their own pros and cons...
>>> >
>>> > Future looking, Adobe is actively working with (and funding!) work in
>>> the
>>> > TeX community produce Tagged PDFs - its a ways off, but it will
>>> happen.
>>> >
>>> > And Google just announced that Chrome (and one would assume CEF) can
>>> now
>>> > produce Tagged PDFs (
>>> https://9to5google.com/2020/07/29/chrome-tagged-pdf/),
>>> > so perhaps we'll find an HTML-based path to get there soon as well.
>>> >
>>> > Leonard
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 10:06 AM Jim <james.b...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > I'm producing a series of PDFs that are going to be read with a
>>> > > screenreader. The screenreader lets the user skip through a document
>>> by
>>> > > jumping to the next header. I've created documents in both Word and
>>> > > Markdown that include headers, but when I use pandoc to convert
>>> these
>>> > > documents to PDFs the headers are not included. The text that is
>>> defined as
>>> > > a header has a different visual style, but it isn't a header from
>>> the point
>>> > > of view of the screenreader.
>>> > >
>>> > > I am able to produce a PDF with headers if I "Save As" from word and
>>> then
>>> > > create a PDF using Microsoft's own PDF creation tools. I'd really
>>> like to
>>> > > use pandoc for this, though, as it would offer me a ton more
>>> flexibility.
>>> > >
>>> > > Is there a particular command I need to use in order for pandoc to
>>> retain
>>> > > headers when creating a PDF?
>>> > >
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