MadeToTag

axaio software invites you to try out a free of charge public beta version of the new MadeToTag InDesign plugin. The new plug-in allows preparing Adobe® InDesign® documents for export to tagged PDF much easier, faster and more reliable. Having a properly tagged PDF is a prerequisite for accessibility; it is important to allow visually impaired people or users with learning disabilities to have rich access to a PDF file’s content.

Additionally, PDF tags are also an effective method to improve the company’s Search Engine Optimization. The tags in the PDF file follow concepts similar to those found in HTML. Properly used tags place websites higher in the search engine rankings.

And finally, tagged PDFs are beginning to emerge as a vital part of the business world. Properly tagged PDF files have become a requirement for certain organizations and businesses. Regulations like Section 508 in the USA, Common Look in Canada or the Ordinance on Barrier-Free Information Technology in Germany impose that the public sector, in all industrialized countries, offers all content – web pages as well as PDF documents – in an accessible form.

Download

Download the current beta version: MadeToTag Downloads.

Update: New beta version 3

A very useful feature with the promising name ‘Color Contrast Analyser’ has been added. This feature checks your InDesign document on missing color contrasts, always having in mind that it is important that the content of the final PDF document is not only accessible to the usual reader, it also needs to be easy to read for visually impaired people or people with low color vision.

Those who want to use MadeToTag with the new Adobe InDesign CS6 can do so right away – MadeToTag beta 3 immediately supports Adobe Creative Suite 6.

Update: beta version 2

In the meantime version 2 of the Beta has been released, where one of the main enhancements is a feature to color highlight tagged text content for a better visibility and definition of the explicit text paragraphs of the text flow. Additionally the beta update includes:

Fixes in the problem locators
Export tags for paragraph styles
Improved tags for artifacts

More info can also be see below in the MadeToTag Beta 2 webinar recording.

Webinar

To get a first insight into MadeToTag, axaio software held webinars in English and German. You can watch them below:

English Webinar MadeToTag Beta 1:

German Webinar MadeToTag Beta 1: watch the recording

English Webinar MadeToTag Beta 2:

German Webinar MadeToTag Beta 2: watch the recording

Forum

Join the Beta community forum to get in touch with other MadeTotag Beta users and to tell us your ideas and wishes.

Tutorial

Check the tutorial for a quick glance how to use MadeToTag in your working environment.

If you have any concerns or wishes - please share them with us on our MadeToTag forum. If you have any other questions please contact us at madetotag@axaio.com.

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Customer reference: MadeForLayers

“We searched for an xml-driven workflow for an effective production of our multi-lingual catalogues with which we can group layers. With our practice-oriented references, axaio developed a tailor-made solution – MadeForlayers – through its use, we save valuable time and above all minimize sources of error. We say thank you and are enthused!“ (July 2011)

Norbert Kutyik ,
Technical Manager,
Layoutsatz 2000