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diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt index df9d09d63..f1ed6587c 100644 --- a/MANUAL.txt +++ b/MANUAL.txt @@ -7185,16 +7185,15 @@ metadata field (see [EPUB Metadata], above). PDF is a flexible format, and using PDF in certain contexts requires additional conventions. For example, PDFs are not -accessible by default, they define how characters are placed on a -page but do not contain semantic information on the content by -default. However, it is possible to generate accessible PDFs, -which use tagging to add semantic information to the document. +accessible by default; they define how characters are placed on a +page but do not contain semantic information on the content. +However, it is possible to generate accessible PDFs, which use +tagging to add semantic information to the document. -Pandoc's default method to generate PDF output is via LaTeX. -Tagging support in LaTeX is in development and not readily -available, so PDFs generated in this way will always be untagged -and not accessible. Alternative engines must be used to generate -accessible PDFs. +Pandoc defaults to LaTeX to generate PDF. Tagging support in LaTeX +is in development and not readily available, so PDFs generated in +this way will always be untagged and not accessible. This means +that alternative engines must be used to generate accessible PDFs. The PDF standards PDF/A and PDF/UA define further restrictions intended to optimize PDFs for archiving and accessibility. Tagging @@ -7245,10 +7244,10 @@ See the prince documentation for more info. Word processors like LibreOffice and MS Word can also be used to generate standardized and tagged PDF output. Pandoc does not -support direct conversions via these tools. Pandoc can convert a -document to a `docx` or `odt` file, which can then be opened and -converted to PDF with the respective word processor. See the -documentation for [Word][word-accessible-pdfs] and +support direct conversions via these tools. However, pandoc can +convert a document to a `docx` or `odt` file, which can then be +opened and converted to PDF with the respective word processor. +See the documentation for [Word][word-accessible-pdfs] and [LibreOffice][lo-pdf-export]. [word-accessible-pdfs]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-accessible-pdfs-064625e0-56ea-4e16-ad71-3aa33bb4b7ed |