How to Create Tagged PDF using Python

This brief tutorial explains the process of how to create tagged PDF using Python. It has the resources for setting the IDE, a list of steps for the application, and a runnable sample code to tag PDF files using Python. A description is provided to add different types of tagged contents to the PDF document and save the resultant PDF file on the disk.

Steps to Add Tags to PDF using Python

  1. Set the development environment to use Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET for tagging PDF
  2. Create a PDF file using the Document class and get the root element from the tagged content property of the Document class
  3. Set the title and language for the tagged content
  4. Create a header and a paragraph element and set the text
  5. Append the header and paragraph elements to the root element and save the PDF file

These steps encompass the process of tagging PDF documents using Python. In the beginning, the root element of the tagged content from the loaded PDF file is obtained followed by setting the title and language of the accessed tagged content. The tagged content has the create_header_element() method to create a header and the create_paragraph_element() method to add a paragraph element that is appended to the root element of the document.

Code to Create Tagged PDF using Python

This code demonstrates the process of how to add tags to PDF using Python. In this sample code, we have created a header and paragraph element only whereas you may use create_annot_element(), create_art_element(), create_figure_element(), create_form_element(), or create_link_element() out of the long list of available methods to create the respective elements as mentioned in the method names.

This tutorial has taught us how to add tags to PDF files using Python. If you want to learn the process to crop PDF pages, refer to the article on how to crop PDF pages using Python.

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