Check the reading order for a tagged PDF

By Cynthia, 9 December, 2025
  1. Open a tagged PDF document and click Accessibility > Reading Order. (Or click the Optionsmenu at the top of the Tags panel and select Reading Order, or right-click any tag in the Tags panel and choose Reading Order.) 
  2. The Touch Up Reading Order dialog box pops up, with options including different tag types and the way to show page content groups.
  3. In the document area, you can see the page content displays in separate regions highlighted with gray blocks.
  4. If you choose Page content order under the Show page content groups option, the regions are ordered with numbers. Choose Structure types, then the regions are labeled by structure tag types, like “P” for paragraph, “H2” for Heading 2, or “Figure”.
  5. If the numbered regions don’t follow one another, click Show Order Panel in the Touch Up Reading Order dialog box, and reorder them in the Order panel
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