Re: Retaining headings when converting to PDF

[James Benstead <james.benstead-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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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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