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Content Display with the Touch Up Reading Order Tool

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Acrobat XI Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow Figure 37. Page Content Display with the Touch Up Reading Order Tool Each highlighted region is numbered and highlighted with gray or colored blocks (colors can be customized from the dialog); the numbers indicate each region's position in the page's reading order. To display the contents corresponding tag type rather than reading order, check the "Structure Types" radio button. Touch Up Reading Order Tool Options Select Touch Up Reading Order options from the dialog box, from the pop-up menu that appears when the right mouse button is pressed in a highlighted region, or from the Options menu in the Order tab. The Touch Up Reading Order tool includes the following options: • Text . Tags the selection as text. • Background. Tags the selection as a background element, or artifact, removing the item from the tag tree so that it doesn't appear in the reflowed document and isn't read by screen readers. • Figure. Tags the selection as a figure. Text contained within a figure tag is defined as part of the image and is not read by screen readers. • Figure/Caption. Tags a selected figure and caption as a single tag. Any text contained in the tag is defined as a caption. Useful for tagging photos and captions and preventing caption text from being incorrectly added to adjacent text blocks. Figures may require alternate text. • Table. Tags the selection as a table after the selection is analyzed to determine the location of headings, columns, and rows. • Cell. Tags the selection as a table or header cell. Use this option to merge cells that are incorrectly split. • Form Field. Tags the selection as a form field. • Formula. Tags the selection as a formula. Because speech software may handle formula tags differently from normal text, it may be necessary to add a description using alternate text. • Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4, Heading 5, Heading 6. Tags the selection as a first, second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth level heading tag. Heading elements can be converted to bookmarks to help users navigate the document. Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility 55

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Adobe® Acrobat® XI Pro Accessibility Guide: Best Practices for PDF Accessibility
Figure 37.
Page Content Display with the Touch Up Reading Order Tool
Each highlighted region is numbered and highlighted with gray or colored blocks (colors can be
customized from the dialog); the numbers indicate each region’s position in the page’s reading
order. To display the contents corresponding tag type rather than reading order, check the
“Structure Types” radio bu±on.
Touch Up Reading Order Tool Options
Select Touch Up Reading Order options from the dialog box, from the pop-up menu that appears
when the right mouse bu±on is pressed in a highlighted region, or from the Options menu in the
Order tab. °e Touch Up Reading Order tool includes the following options:
Text .
Tags the selection as text.
Background.
Tags the selection as a background element, or artifact,
removing the item from the tag tree so that it doesn’t appear in the reflowed
document and isn’t read by screen readers.
Figure.
Tags the selection as a figure. Text contained within a figure tag is
defined as part of the image and is not read by screen readers.
Figure/Caption.
Tags a selected figure and caption as a single tag. Any
text contained in the tag is defined as a caption. Useful for tagging photos
and captions and preventing caption text from being incorrectly added to
adjacent text blocks. Figures may require alternate text.
Table.
Tags the selection as a table aſter the selection is analyzed to
determine the location of headings, columns, and rows.
Cell.
Tags the selection as a table or header cell. Use this option to merge
cells that are incorrectly split.
Form Field.
Tags the selection as a form field.
Formula.
Tags the selection as a formula. Because speech soſtware may
handle formula tags differently from normal text, it may be necessary to add
a description using alternate text.
Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4, Heading 5, Heading 6.
Tags
the selection as a first, second, third, fourth, fiſth or sixth level heading tag.
Heading elements can be converted to bookmarks to help users navigate
the document.
Acrobat XI Pro PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow
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