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From: Steve Green
Date: Aug 23, 2023 3:29PM

Yes, we fix the Content panel reading order first, then the Tags panel. You don't need to touch the TURO reading order because it is determined by the Content panel reading order. I've been doing PDF remediation for 18 years and this has always been the most reliable approach. Like you, we don't have access to the source documents for many of the PDFs we work on.

Steve


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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Laura Roberts
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 6:05 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] reading order

So if you fix the Content Panel reading order first, does this adjust TURO reading order? I've never tried that. I honestly wonder how TURO even gets its reading order since it isn't based on tag order.

On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:48 PM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> The Content panel controls the reading order in Reflow mode, so it's
> very important. Also, some assistive technologies such as Read&Write
> get their reading order from the Content panel.
>
> I fix the Content panel reading order first, before doing anything else.
> Ideally, I never go back to the Content panel once I start working in
> the Tags panel. You can really screw things up if you go back and
> forth between them.
>
> I never use the Reading Order Panel.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> Laura Roberts
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 5:17 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] reading order
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been remediating pdf's for years and always adjusted the reading
> order as part of finishing up. But today I was wondering - is this
> even necessary when the tags are in the correct order? I've never had
> a screen reader go by the TURO reading order instead of the tag order
> in JAWS or NVDA. I don't know whether that happens in other less
> popular screen readers. It's such a tedious, annoying thing to fix.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Laura Roberts
> 413-588-8422
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Best regards,
Laura Roberts
413-588-8422