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Re: Errors with tab order and reading order in forms

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From: Anne Godlewski
Date: Nov 29, 2016 12:02PM

Hi Bevi,

Yes, I did. In fact, this is the action that messes up the order of the form fields in the Forms menu.

I also find that I must do this manually sometimes.

Anne

On Nov 29, 2016, at 11:17 AM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote:

> Anne, did you set the tab order in the Thumbnails Panel?
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> 1. Open Thumbnails Panel.
> 2. Control+A to select all the pages.
> 3. Options menu (from the Thumbnails Panel)
> 4. Page Properties (at the bottom of the list)
> 5. Choose Use Document Structure for the Tab Order.
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> For reasons I don't yet understand, I have to set this manually in some PDFs in order to correct the error from accessibility checkers and other tools.
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> --Bevi Chagnon
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