What it does
This command deletes all empty tags.
Use it for
Deleting empty tags (and cleaning your tag tree).
Important
Empty tags are tags which are not related to content and have no children. So, tags which do contain content elements (e.g. blanks) are not deleted.
How to use it
- Click in the ribbon tab Logical Structure on the button Delete Empty Tags.
- Then select which kind of empty tags shall be deleted.
- Confirm by clicking the button OK.
- Done!
Related accessibility issue
Empty tags can cause presentation problems with assistive technologies.
Apart from that, empty tags are always a indication for an unclean document structure.