Check and Fix Reading Order

• Review ordering of numbered areas

• For minor re-ordering

  • Expand a page in “Order” panel

  • Click on a numbered element

  • Drag a new location in the Order panel

Speaker Notes:

Dragging items from one location to another in the Order panel is a useful way to change the reading order of the content areas of the page. However, you should use the “Save as Text (Accessible)” feature to verify that the reading order is correct, regardless of the changes made in the Order panel.

Further, sometimes moving content areas within the Order panel will cause the text/content area to disappear from the visual display. It is not clear why this occurs within Acrobat. If this occurs, do not save your changes, re-open your PDF file, and try dragging items in the order panel in a different direction. For example, instead of dragging a numbered area UP the tree in the Order panel, try moving the item DOWN the tree to change the reading order.