Adobe acrobat pro - Containers TR contain a TD cell from the row below

[Felicity35766470jgez]

How do you separate this out? 

[Tariq Ahmad]

Hi @Felicity35766470jgez,

Thank you for reaching out. If you are trying to edit this document, you should either go to the source document and make the changes, or export the document to MS Word, make the required changes, and convert it back to PDF. Sadly, editing tables to this extent isn't possible in Acrobat.

To learn more about Editing PDFs in Acrobat, please read this document: https://adobe.ly/4f9almK;

Please let us know if you have more questions. 

~Tariq

[Felicity35766470jgez]

Thanks Tariq, I'm not editing the table, i am tagging the table correctly. When I select  the TH cell, it is also selecting the TD cell in the row below. My question is why deos this happen and how can I seperate them out. There is nothing incorrect with table in the original document. 

Thank you

[S. S]

Hi @Felicity35766470jgez,

Thanks for the clarification. 

You might want to try the steps below:

• Open Tag Structure View

  • Go to View → Show/Hide → Navigation Panes → Tags.

  • Expand your table’s tags so you see each <TR> with its <TH> and <TD>.

• Identify Misplaced Container <TR>

  • Look for a parent <TR> that contains both the header <TH> and the data <TD>.

  • Or sometimes, cells might be grouped into one visual row under a tag meant for another row.

• Re-tag Properly

  • Right-click the misplaced <TD> tag.

  • Select Shift Tag Up or Shift Tag Left to move it out of the current <TR> and into the correct one.

  • If necessary, use New Tag → Table Row (TR) to create distinct <TR> containers.

• Adjust Header Cells

  • For each <TH>, right-click and choose Properties.

  • Verify the role is set to Header and scope correctly (e.g., “Column” for column headers).

  • If it's mislabeled as data, change it to a header.

• Verify Tag Tree Alignment

  • Ideal structure:

    • <Table>
        <TR>  ← Row 1
          <TH>…
          <TH>…
        </TR>
        <TR>  ← Row 2
          <TD>…
          <TD>…
        </TR>
      </Table>
  • Make sure no extra containers wrap multiple rows or mix cells.

Regards,
Souvik.