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Re: A better PDF editor for accessibility?

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Jun 11, 2013 8:53AM

> ... I attempted
> to fix the reading order manually and ran into two recurring issues.
>
> 1. I'd be in the process of changing the order, and then suddenly tags I
> already moved, would rearrange themselves.

Almost certainly, because you were making adjustments using the Touch Up Reading Order Tool (TUROT) after having made changes using the Tags panel.

This sort of procedure is a no-no because the Touch Up Reading Order Tool modifies both content reading order and tags simultaneously.

If you do use the TUROT then you pretty much have to do a 2nd pass in the tags panel to clean up the problems you've induced with the TUROT.

I generally advise users to avoid this tool, especially on very complex pages, and focus on the tags instead.

Duff.