Reading order for figures - always put at the end of the page

[Kathy24474360ezia]

We are using Acrobat 2024.002.20933, 64 bit. In the reading order, the figures, which are inline with the text, are being put at the end of the page. I've attached an image showing an example. We have to manually adjust the reading order. Being a bit inexperienced with this, we are curious if this expected behavior or if we're missing some trick. We've watched several accessibility tutorials and have emulated what those people have done to make sure we're outputting correctly but it's made no difference. For example, we tried the suggestion in this discussion--https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/pdf-maker-new-bug-puts-lt-figure-gt-tags-in-the-w...but had the same result. Any clarification or help would be appreciated.

[S. S]

Hi @Kathy24474360ezia,

Hope you are doing well. Sorry for the experience with Acrobat, and the delayed response!

When you see such issues with the reading order, was the file tagged using Acrobat or created through a third-party app?

I tried the same workflow on my end; that is, I created a file without any tags, then:

1. On the Tools menu, click on "Prepare for Accessibility;"

2. Clicked on Auto Tag Document;

3. Once this was done, I checked for the reading order by clicking on "Reader Order;"

The figures and tables were all aligned in a similar order.

The order option I would suggest checking is Change Reading Options under the "Prepare for Accessibility" section.

Once on the pop-up, changing the Reader Order through the dropdown to "Left-to-right, top-to-bottom" should do the trick.

Let me know if either of these work.

-Souvik

[Kathy24474360ezia]

Thanks for your comments. First, we create and tag everything in Word. Long story, but we would never use the auto tag feature due to our publishing process. Second, after much testing we found how to make Word changes that makes the order correct. Frankly, I don't think we should have to do these tweaks but it was the only way we could make it work. Third, selecting left-to-right, top to bottom as you suggest made no difference. 

[S. S]

@Kathy24474360ezia Thanks for the response.

When you mention tagging everything in Word, do you use the Style options or the index features to tag the document?

Also, it would be great to know how you create the PDF. Is it through the Save a Copy option in Word or through Adobe's PDF Maker?

If through PDFMaker, have you checked in the preference if the Enable Advanced tagging checkbox is checked? [screenshot attached for reference]

Look forward to hearing from you.

-Souvik