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In addition to a logical structure tree, tagged Adobe PDF documents contain further infor-
mation about the document’s contents, including Unicode values of characters, spacing
between words, and the recognition of soft and hard hyphens. As a result of its more
complete information, tagged Adobe PDF documents provide even more options for
repurposing your document’s contents than structured Adobe PDF documents.
The logical structure tree of tagged Adobe PDF document in Tags palette
How different types of Adobe PDF documents can be repurposed
Depending on the type of Adobe PDF document you have created, you can repurpose its
content in different ways with different results.
Unstructured Adobe PDF
You can save unstructured Adobe PDF files to other formats
such as RTF with good results. An unstructured Adobe PDF file saved to RTF recognizes
paragraphs, but not basic text formatting, lists, or tables. You can’t reflow unstructured
Adobe PDF files into different-sized devices, such as eBook reading devices. Unstructured
Adobe PDF files aren’t reliably accessible using a screen reader for Windows.
Structured Adobe PDF
You can save structured Adobe PDF files to other formats such as
RTF with results that are better than unstructured Adobe PDF files but not as good as
tagged Adobe PDF files. Structured Adobe PDF files saved to RTF recognize paragraphs
and basic text formatting, but not lists or tables. You can’t reflow structured Adobe PDF
files into different-sized devices. Structured Adobe PDF files can be accessed using a
screen reader for Windows, but without the reliability of tagged Adobe PDF files.
Tagged Adobe PDF
You can save tagged Adobe PDF files to other formats such as RTF
with the best results, including the recognition of paragraphs, basic text formatting, lists,
and tables. You can reflow tagged Adobe PDF files so that they’re readable in different-
sized devices. Tagged Adobe PDF files have been optimized for accessibility, so they can
be accessed reliably using a screen reader for Windows.