Tags on a document can do so much for you. It can optimize, help the disabled and make your document much more organized. Here's a step by step method on how to add tags. Source: https://deftpdf.com/blog

1. What PDF tags
can do for you

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Tags?
It sounds so old school and it probably is. Tags are
one of the most ancient things that were created
since HTML was born but it is also the most taken for
granted feature of a document uploaded online.

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TAGS in PDF?
If we are dealing with PDF, we think that tags have
nothing to do with but in actual reality, they can aid
the disabled, can help organize, and
can also optimize the document for
online visibility.

4. Limits of a computer
PDF is a digital format of a printed document that
contains a lot of data and media that would reflect
what the author may want to portray. But along these
lines and in between, a computer can’t read content or
assume any. Adding tags can help read those in-
between lines that only humans can assume and
conclude.
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• It organizes the content and can help accessibility software
to read it as it should be read.
• Tags can show the correct order and structure of a
document to a computer using the label method to clarify
the position of every word and show the reading order.
• Tags also show which line is the heading, paragraph, tables,
and line items. Of course, as a result of a well-structured
and labeled document, a PDF will become optimized and
easier to be indexed online.
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What tags does for assistive
technology

6. Defining tags
and what it does
What is a tag?
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DEFINITION
Tags by definition is a keyword used to a data or information. It is
metadata that helps information be found online with the description
indicated. If tags were to be defined with PDF documents, it is
therefore the description of the file’s content. It helps people access the
file and aids assistive technologies to recognize and process what’s
inside. PDF tags are created to “label” what kind of content is available
therefore creating a structure that helps assistive technologies like
screen readers, to identify the order of reading. For other purposes,
images with tags help these techs provide descriptions and can help
the disabled understand what the additional object in the document is.

8. Adding tags doesn’t automatically mean
it’s perfect and really ready for assistive
tech. Tags can only make a guess of
what the author really means in terms of
structure and reading order. If the author
chooses to create a complex and
graphic-filled layout, then the tags can
only do so much. Simpler documents
can survive with tags more than
appealing ones.
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LIMITATIONS

9. Are tags required?

10. IT IS NEEDED
Tags aren’t really required for all but if you are a
business that wants to extend their hand to the
disabled or an organization that needs to keep up
with the 508 compliance, then adding tags is
definitely required. 508 Compliance is a term used
for the law implemented regarding
documents/websites being safe and accessible
especially to those with disabilities.
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11. HOW TO ADD TAGS?
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12. HOW TO ADD TAGS?
1
OPEN
Step one: Open the PDF
document using Adobe
Acrobat
Adding tags can be done with the use of Adobe Acrobat.
Just follow the instructions below and you are on your
way.

13. HOW TO ADD TAGS?
1
OPEN
Step one: Open the PDF
document using Adobe
Acrobat
TOOLS
Step two: Click tools then
select accessibility. Then
click add tags to the
document.
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14. HOW TO ADD TAGS?
1
OPEN
Step one: Open the PDF
document using Adobe
Acrobat
TOOLS
Step two: Click tools then
select accessibility. Then
click add tags to the
document.
2
TAG
Step three: Once you’ve
added the tags, click file
then save.
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