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Re: Proper nesting of <Form> tags in PDF's? (Further clarification)

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From: chagnon
Date: Oct 30, 2019 9:08PM

Same for me, as Karen and Adobe described.

Additional comment:
The OBJR is nested inside the <Form> tag, not following after it.

Essentially, when you're checking the PDF's tag tree, you should be able to
click on a <P> tag and have it highlight everything associated with that
item (or "chunk" of information as I tell students in my PDF forms class).
That includes:
The body text before the form field, usually the visible printed label, such
as "Address" or instructions.
The <Form> tag that holds the form field itself.
The OBJR sub-tag that adds the keyboard accessibility.

One benefit we've found from this method: it minimizes "form field trapping"
where someone who uses A T hops from form field to form field, missing
critical information that's in the body text portion of the PDF, such as
detailed instructions and informative labels.

I don't think the visible printed body text label should ever go after the
<Form> tag as shown in one of your examples; that's not a very informative
way to convey information to the user.

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