Screen reader reading order

It is to my understanding that screen readers (e.g., JAWS, NVDA) will read elements (once published in HTML) in the order in which each element was created in the Captivate file. For example purposes, say I created three elements on a slide and named them Element A, Element B, and Element C. If I created Element B first, then C, then A, the screen reader will read the elements in the order of B, C, A. But if I wanted the screen reader to read them in the order of A, B, C is there any way to do this without having to redo the slide and create the elements in the precise A, B, C order?