2 Ways to use the Reading Order Tool-2

 

Overview

 

There are two ways you can use the Reading Order tool:

  • Verify Content Type/Tag Type 
  • Manually add tags to an untagged document
 

Verify & reclassify content type/tag type 

 

When Reading Order is engaged, use "Structure Types" to review semantic structure. 

There will be tiny labels that appear to each of the highlighted objects. 

Reading Order Structured Types reveals each object's content/tag type

 

Create tags

 

The Reading Order tool can create tags in untagged PDFs or add new tags to an existing structure. Simply draw a zone around the object and select the appropriate structure type.

Keep in mind, this manual tagging does not provide the same level of detail to the tagging structure as the Add Tags To Document command. For example, the Reading Order tool is not able to mark content as a bulleted and numbered list, whereas the Add Tags to Document function is capable of recognizing such content.

In order to properly classify objects such as bulleted or numbered lists, zone and mark the object (covered on the following page) with any of the Reading Order Options (for example "P" is for "paragraph" or normal body text.) Once the object is tagged, enter the Tags Panel to properly reclassify its type. 

Idea bulb

Before you clear the existing structure, make sure that manual tagging is your only recourse. If possible, create the final accessible version of the document in the source document, like Microsoft Word, then export to PDF. This will alleviate the need to manually tag the document.