InDesign CC 2017 and Reading Order

[jessicam61308623]

I've read several Adobe forum discussions about the problem with InDesign CC 2017 and the reading order that results in Acrobat DC. I have attempted to follow the instructions in those discussions, and I'm still having the problem. In Adobe InDesign CC 2017, I've organized the Articles panel, Tags panel, Structure panel, and Layers panel. None of these have fixed the reading order. Note that previous discussions about this issue mention that the Layers panel must be organized in the reverse order that you want the items read (bottom layers read first, top layers read last). I was unable to do this because it rearranged items on top of ones that I need to be visible. One discussion advised tagging all images as artifacts to get around this problem. I cannot do that, some images are artifacts, but others are not, and I would like a screen reader to read their alt tags.

I thought that laying out each individual article in my 40-page magazine as a single text thread with frame breaks would help, but this method did not affect the reading order at all.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Is there a way to organize the Layers panel in reverse without rearranging the items in layout? Any help is much appreciated!

[reish]

Thanks for your prompt response. noted about object ordering!..

[Frans v.d. Geest]

Remember: the Object order is limited to the Layer it is on, each Layer has its own Object order, so Layer order is still important!

[alexanderkaplan]

Of course! It's just much faster this way. But if it wasn't for your original comment, it would never even occur to me to think in this direction, so infinite thanks! 🙂