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Identifying and correcting reading-order problems
Reading-order problems are readily apparent when you use the TouchUp Reading Order
tool. Each section of contiguous page content appears as a separate highlighted region and
is numbered according to its placement in the reading order. Within each region, text is
ordered left to right and top to bottom. (You can change this order in the TouchUp
preferences.) If a single highlighted region contains two columns of text or text that won't
follow normally, divide the region into parts that can be reordered. Because highlighted
regions are rectangular, they may overlap somewhat, especially if their page content is
irregularly shaped. Unless page content overlaps or is contained within two highlighted
regions, no reading order problem is indicated. Page content should belong to no more
than one highlighted region.
You can change the reading order of the highlighted regions by moving an item in the
Order tab or by dragging it on the page in the document pane. By reordering highlighted
regions on the page, you can make a figure and caption read at the specific point that they
are referenced in the text. By changing the order of a highlighted region, you effectively
change the reading order of that item without changing the actual appearance of the PDF
document. To identify reading-order problems:
1. Select the TouchUp Reading Order tool, and then select Show Page Content Order in the
dialog box.
Note: If highlighted regions don't appear on the PDF document, the document doesn't
contain tags. To add tags, see Tagging Adobe PDF documents for accessibility.
2. Check the reading order of text within each highlighted region. Use the Zoom In button to
magnify the page, if necessary. If you need to reorder page content within a highlighted
region, see Adding or removing content from a highlighted region.
3. Check the numbered order of all highlighted regions. If consecutive numbered regions
don't follow one another, reorder them in the Order tab.
Click Show Order Tab, and then select each content entry (in square brackets [ ]) in
the Order tab to highlight that content region in the document pane. Use this method to
find numbered regions that you can't see or locate on the page.
To change the reading order in the Order tab:
1. Select the TouchUp Reading Order tool, and then click Show Order tab in the dialog box.
2. In the Order tab, navigate to view a list of highlighted regions that appear in the document
pane.
3. Select the Tag icon for a highlighted region, and drag it to the location you want. As
you drag, a line appears to show potential locations. The Barred Circle icon
indicates
areas where the tag cannot be moved. After dragging the item to a new location, the
highlighted regions are renumbered to show the new reading order. You can select and
move multiple, adjacent regions, if necessary.
To change the reading order by dragging on the page:
1. Select the TouchUp Reading Order tool, and then select Show Page Content Order in the
dialog box.
2. In the document pane, place the cross-hair over the number for the highlighted region
you want to move, and drag it to where you want it to be read. The text-insertion
pointer
shows target locations within the text.
When you release the highlighted region, the location of the text-insertion pointer
becomes the dividing line as the underlying highlight splits into two new highlighted
regions. All highlighted regions are renumbered to show the new reading order.