MadeToTag

axaio MadeToTag is an Adobe InDesign plug-in to properly prepare InDesign documents for export as an accessible, tagged PDF file – fast and reliable. The exported PDF complies with the PDF/UA-standard, the international PDF standard for universal accessibility. It is not possible to create a PDF/UA conforming accessible PDF file with InDesign alone.

PDF/UA is particularly important for organizations that have to comply with legal requirements for accessible content (including BGG, BITV 2.0, EU Mandate 376, Section 508 or WCAG). With the introduction of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) in June 2025, all companies will also be obliged to implement digital accessibility in their business processes. The MadeToTag user interface is based on a SEVEN STEP GUIDE that guides the user safely and intuitively through the creation of a tagged PDF without the risk of missing an important step.

Based on tagged PDFs, screen readers for the visually impaired or screen reader software for people with learning disabilities, for example, are provided with the necessary information to enable comprehensive and logic access to the content of a PDF file. Tagged PDFs are therefore a prerequisite for PDF accessibility.

Benefits

• Reliable creation of tagged PDF files, right from your layout in Adobe InDesign
• Accessible PDF file, legally compliant, based on the PDF/UA ISO standard
• Comprehensive tagging of content in the shortest possible time
• Short introduction time, due to intuitive 7-step user interface
• Reliable PDF/UA-compliant results thanks to integrated checking and correction functions
• Provides support for legal requirements for physically impaired people and for accessibility in information technology (such as described in the German BGG, European Accessibility Act, BITV and EU Mandate 376)

Key Features

• Definition of export tags
• Structuring content in articles
• Control of export tags via color highlighting
• Correct tagging of lists, links and tables of contents
• Adding of alternative text to describe images and graphics
• Repair functions for common problems, e.g. incorrectly formatted lists, empty paragraphs, etc.
• Assigning languages used in the document for correct language output
• Easy tagging of complex tables by rows and columns
• Correct processing of tags in anchored frames, such as headings or lists
• Comfortable editing of interactive forms based on a template PDF
• Support of mathematical expressions (formulas, fractions, etc.) in cooperation with MathTools from movemen
• Tagging preview for a fast review based on callas pdfGoHTML
• Check for insufficient color contrasts
• Output InDesign books as a tagged PDF
• Step-by-step support within the user interface
• Practical keyboard shortcuts for all important MadeToTag functions
• Export to tagged PDF based on the PDF/UA ISO standard
• Export as PDF/A-2a (accessible PDF for long-term archiving with tagged content)