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Reading Order

The Reading Order of a PDF tells screen readers the order in which to read content that is inside a Tag. It is important to order the Reading Order panel before you order the Tags panel. This is because the Reading Order panel will change the layout of the tags as you move these items around. If you were to do the Tags panel first it would really really quickly undo your hard work.

Here's a quick overview of the steps on this page

Opening the Side Panel

When you have your PDF open, there will be a bar on the left side of the screen with an arrow. Click on that bar to open up a side menu.

the left side bar closed with an arrow pointing to it The left side bar open

Opening the Reading Order Panel

Now you want to click on the fourth button from the top, it looks like four squares with a Z over them. This will open the Reading Order panel.

Four boxes with a Z over them the reading order panel is a tree containing all the content of the pdf

You should now have a list of sorts open in the Reading Order Panel where you will be able to organize the reading order. But first...

Getting the Accessibility Tool on your Tool Bar

Now you're going to turn your attention to the right side of Adobe Acrobat and youll see a list of tools such as editing the pdf, combining files, and many others. You may or may not have accessibility tools already on this toolbar.

First you need to open the More Tools button at the bottom of the right toolbar.

the more tools button on the right hand side of adobe acrobat

Then you need to add the accessibility tools button to your toolbar

the accessibility tools button under the section Protect and Standardize

Opening the Reading Order Tool

Now youre going to want to go back to your file, in the upper tab bar. Once there, you're going to open the accessibility Tools. In the Accessibility Tools the very last tool should be the Reading Order Tool.

the reading order tool circled in the accessibility tools menu

Check the box "Show Page Content Groups"

You need to make sure this box is checked in order to easily see the content you are going to organize in the Reading Order Panel.

the show page content groups box is checked in the reading order tool

Organize the Reading Order

Turning your attention back to the Reading Order Panel, you are able to now see and organize the content of your PDF. Just click and drag the information so it's ordered with the first piece of content at the top of the list, and the last piece of content at the bottom.

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