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From: Jonathan Metz
Date: Jun 11, 2013 9:19AM

It happens when not using TUROT too. If a user moves content around in the
Reading Order (RO), then tags get moved around as well. If a user
mistakenly moves content up (instead of down) in the RO, then they run
into another issue of having content physically hidden in the real content
of the page (does this section have a technical name?).

I always been told that making adjustments to the Reading Order was an
essential part of fixing a page. Are you saying that the reading order not
matter then, if we just focus on the tags? This goes against everything
I¹ve learned in marking up a page.

I¹ve sort of approached the Reading Order panel as knowing the best way to
adjust the content on that page before ever opening the Tags Panel (unless
there are elements that should not have been made tags like with what
happens typically with PowerPoint slides).


Jonathan

On 6/11/13 10:53 AM, "Duff Johnson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>> ... 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.
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