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Checking highlighted regions of figures and tables
You can use the TouchUp Reading Order tool to identify and correct tagging results for
figures and tables. Determine whether figures include or require alternate text in order to
be read correctly with assistive technologies. Ideally, figure tags should identify image
content that is meaningful to the document as a whole, such as graphs or illustrative
photographs. If background elements that should not be read are tagged as figures,
redefine them as background.
By viewing table tags, you can determine whether columns, rows, and cells have been
correctly identified. Tables that lack well-defined borders and rules are often tagged
incorrectly or contain adjacent page elements. You can correct poorly tagged tables by
selecting and redefining them or split combined cells by creating a tag for each cell. (See
Correcting tags.) To resolve complex tagging issues with tables and to add alternate text,
use the Tags tab. (See
Using the Tags tab.)
To check and correct figure tags:
1. Select the TouchUp Reading Order tool, and then click Show Tables And Figures in the
dialog box.
2. Do any of the following:
● If the figure isn't tagged as a figure, select the content region you want, and then click
Figure or Figure/Caption in the dialog box.
● To remove text that was incorrectly combined with a figure, drag to select the text, and
click the Text button in the dialog box.
● To include a caption that is grouped with the figure, select the figure and caption, and
click the Figure/Caption button in the dialog box.
● To add alternate text to a figure, see Checking and adding alternate text to figures.
To check and correct table tags:
1. Select the TouchUp Reading Order tool, and then click Show Tables And Figures in the
dialog box.
2. Select Show Table Cells to see if cells are correctly tagged.
3. Do any of the following:
● If the table isn't tagged as a table or if the highlighted region for the table either is missing
table content or includes nontable content, drag to select the entire table area in the
document pane, and then click the Table button in the dialog box.
● If the table cell is split into two or more highlighted regions or if cells are incorrectly
combined, select a single cell region, and then click the Cell button in the dialog box.
Repeat as necessary.
● Add alternate text to the table. See Adding supplementary information to tags.