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  1. Right-click the Tags Root.

    Accessibility Tags pane with a tag inside.
  2. Select New Tag.

  3. For our Coastal Comforts Example, we will create a Document Tag.

  4. Select the Type from the dropdown menu and choose Document.

    New Tag box, type drop-down menu says Document.
  5. Add a title

    New Tag box with type set to Document. Title is called Coastal Comforts Employee Manual.
  6. Click OK. Your tag will appear in the hierarchy.

    Example of a Document Tag.

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  1. Click the Selection Tool.

    Selection Tool in Adobe Acrobat.Image Removed
  2. Highlight the paragraph.

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  3. Open the Options Menu in the Tags Pane.

    Options Drop-down menu in Adobe Acrobat.Image Removed
  4. Select Create Tag from Selection.

  5. Select Paragraph from the drop-down and click OK.

    New Tag Box, Type is set to Paragraph.Image RemovedParagraph tag in the hierarchy.Image Removed

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Editing Tags and Tag Types

Any tag can be changed to another tag type. Heading 1 can be changed to a Heading 2 or Paragraph, or anything you want. You can achieve this in two ways:

  1. Double click the tag and type in the new tag.

    Example of a Document Tag.
  2. Right click the tag, select Properties. In the Tag Tab select the Type of tag from the drop down menu.

    Object Properties Box, Tag tab is open.

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4: How to Move Tags

To move a tag, simply drag and drop it within the tag tree.

  • If the little black arrow appears to the left of the tag icon with a long line, the tag will be placed right after that tag, at the same level.

  • If the little black arrow appears to the right of the tag icon with a shorter line, the tag will be placed underneath that tag, nested as a child.

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5: Deleting Tags

You can delete tags by selecting them, then pressing the delete key on the keyboard.

You can also right-click a tag and select Delete Tag.

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6: Associate Content with Tags

If you create empty tags in the tag tree (right-click the Tags Root, then click New Tag), you must manually associate them with content.

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7: Associating Content with an Existing Tag

  1. Click the Selection Tool.

    Selection Tool in Adobe Acrobat.
  2. Select the content in the document pane.

    Part 1 Introduction text highlighted.
  3. Right-click the tag.

  4. Select Create Tag from Selection.

  5. Now a container with the content will be created inside that tag.

    A Heading 2 Tag with Part 1 Introduction inside it.

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8: How to Create a Tag and Add Content to a Tag at the Same Time

In general, this is the recommended way to add a tag, because you're completing two steps in one and saving yourself extra work. However, in some cases you'll find it might be quicker to create a few empty tags and quickly drag and drop existing content in the tag tree into them. So it's useful to know both methods.

  1. Click the Selection tool.

    Selection Tool in Adobe Acrobat.
  2. Select the content.

    Part 1 Introduction Text highlighted.
  3. Click the Options menu.

    Options Dropdown menu in Adobe Acrobat.
  4. Select Create Tag from Selection.

  5. Select the Type of tag from the drop-down menu and click OK.

    New Tag Box with Type set to Heading Level 2. Title is Part 1 IntroductionHierarchy Example with a Heading 2 Tag for Part 1 Introduction

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9: Finding Tagged Content from the Document Pane

To find a particular tag from a selection in the Document Pane:

  1. Click the Selection Tool.

    Selection Tool in Adobe Acrobat.
  2. Highlight/select the item with your cursor.

    Part 1 Introduction Text highlighted.
  3. Open the Options Menu in the Tags Pane.

    Options Dropdown menu in Adobe Acrobat.
  4. Select Find Tag from Selection.

  5. The tag will be highlighted/selected in the tag tree.

    Heading 2 Tag highlighted

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10: Using the Reading Order Tool

To open the Reading Order Tool:

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This tool doesn’t offer all possible tag types, so if you need one that isn’t listed, you’ll have to create that tag in the Tags navigation pane.

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11: Container Tags

Container elements are the highest level of element and provide hierarchical grouping for other block-level elements. However, these tags do not convey any semantic meaning to the document. They are simply used to organize the tag tree structure and are more for the benefit of the document author than the end user. They will not be picked up or announced by screen readers, but they might be very helpful to find your way around in a long document.

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For example, a book could be organized using <Part> tags for each chapter, <Sect> tags for each section of that chapter, and <Part> tags again for every page in that chapter.

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12: Using the Tags Pane

You can also turn items that have already been tagged into Artifacts. This is often necessary when you’re working with an automatically tagged document during manual touch-up.

  1. Open the Tags Pane.

    Tag Pane in Adobe Acrobat.
  2. Right-click the content that needs to be labeled as an Artifact (not the tag itself, but the content within it, which is next to the container icon that looks like a little box).

    Background and Artifact Button in Adobe Acrobat.
  3. Select Change Tag to Artifact.

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13: Finding Artifacts

To find an Artifact that has been removed from the tag tree:

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