That's useful to know. I've spent some time trying to find the commands, but all I can find on the Word side is a command-line tool called docx2pdf. Is that the right thing to use? With LibreOffice, it seems to be a matter of using a variation on soffice --convert-to? -- Too brief? Here's why! http://emailcharter.org On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 at 01:57, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > 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 > 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. >> >> -- >> Too brief? Here's why! http://emailcharter.org >> >> >> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 at 18:26, mb21 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 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? >>>> > > >>>> > > -- >>>> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> > > "pandoc-discuss" group. >>>> > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>> send an >>>> > > email to pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >>>> > > To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> > > >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/0eff3ef9-cd3d-4154-8dfe-976238704547n%40googlegroups.com >>>> > > < >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/0eff3ef9-cd3d-4154-8dfe-976238704547n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> >>>> > > . >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>> send an email to pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >>>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/CALu%3Dv3JHcqWFaAmjTMds%3D3kZ4tEPktwpikG-HeoqZqX8c1tR9g%40mail.gmail.com. >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/f6e14085-7e59-4772-aa8e-f8928661bfb7n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "pandoc-discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/CANUYFegTjwmiewYk1TT6t%3D2FB6xbve2WBWLLxZGckyhRnCq3gg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pandoc-discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/CALu%3Dv3JNcjW3O5va0K1duRzs%3Dgd_FxAyooTzorErBpwT88cbcw%40mail.gmail.com > > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. 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