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  1. Click the Selection Tool and click on the content in the Document Pane.

  2. Right-click the tag and select Create Tag from Selection.

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

    An adobe acrobat pdf with four steps of instructions for how to create a tag manually.Image ModifiedA tag is selected and the content is highlighted in a pink box.Image Modified
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Note: Create Tag from Selection is somewhat inaccurate in this sequence, as the tag already exists. Think of it as being "Associate the tag with the selection."

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  1. Click the Selection tool and select the content.

  2. Click the Options button and select Create Tag from Selection.

    An adobe acrobat pdf with three steps to create a tag with content.Image ModifiedThe Options dropdown menu with Create Tag from Selection highlighted.Image Modified
  3. Select the Type of tag from the drop-down menu and click OK. A tag with its content will appear in the Accessibility Tags Pane.

    The New Tag box with Type set to Heading Level 1.Image ModifiedThe accessibility tags pane with a Heading 1 Tag for Part 1 Introduction.Image Modified

Section 5.8: Finding Tagged Content from the Tag Tree or Document Pane

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  1. Click the Selection Tool and highlight/select the item with your cursor.

  2. Click on the Options button in the Accessibility Tags Pane and select Find Tag from Selection.

    An Adobe Acrobat pdf with three steps to find tagged content from the document pane.Image Modified
  3. The tag will be highlighted/selected in the tag tree.

    A paragraph is highlighted with a pink border.Image Modified

Section 5.9: Using the Reading Order Tool

To open the Reading Order Tool:

  1. Go to Tools then Accessibility.

  2. From the drop-down, select Add Shortcut.

  3. You'll then see it appear as a purple icon in the right-side Tools Pane.

  4. If you've previously created this Accessibility shortcut, you can just access it directly from the Tools Pane.

  5. Select Reading Order.

This The Reading Order Tool, formerly known as the Touch Up Reading Order Tool (TURO), provides a visual method for adding and editing tags. While it achieves the same outcome as working in the tag tree, this tool offers a more intuitive tagging experience, especially for those unfamiliar with HTML tagging.

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Note: Drawing a box around the content can sometimes be challenging. The tool may accidentally include extra blank space or miss parts of your selection. If this happens, simply click the mouse to clear the selection and try again until you’ve selected the correct content.

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To use the Reading Order Tool:

  1. Click on the Prepare for Accessibility Tool in the Tasks Pane.

    The Prepare for Accessibility tool highlighted with a black box.Image Added
  2. The Prepare for Accessibility Pane will open. Go to the bottom of the listed tools and click Fix Reading Order.

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  3. The Reading Order Tool will appear. Keep in mind that 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 Accessibility Tags

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  1. pane.

    The Reading Order box with several buttons that create different tag types.Image Added
  2. Next, draw a rectangle around the content you want to tag and select the desired tag type (e.g., Paragraph).

    A paragraph highlighted with pink borders.Image Added
  3. The tool automatically creates the tag and associates it with the selected content. Whether you choose this visual approach or prefer to edit tags in the tag tree depends on your personal preference.

    A paragraph labeled with 1. Meaning it will be the first thing read by a screen reader.Image AddedA paragraph tag for a paragraph in the pdf.Image Added

Section 5.10: Container Tags

Container elements are the highest level of element and provide hierarchical grouping for top-level elements used to group other block-level elements . However, these tags do not convey any semantic meaning to the document. They are simply used to hierarchically. While they don't carry semantic meaning in the document, they help organize the tag tree structure and are more for the benefit of structure, primarily aiding the document author rather than the end user. They Screen readers will not be picked up or announced by screen readersdetect or announce them, but they might be very helpful to find your way around in a long document.

These tags are:

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can be invaluable for navigating lengthy documents.

The following tags serve as container elements, primarily used to group and organize other tags within a document:

  • <Document>: The root element of a document's tag tree.

  • <Part> — the Part element. Used to structure a large : Represents a major division of a document, like such as a chapter or sometimes a page. May It can group smaller content units of content together, such as division elements, article elements, or section elements (see like divisions, articles, or sections (described below).

  • <Div> — the Division element. : A generic block-level element or group grouping of block-level elements.

  • <Art> — the Article element. A : Represents an article—a self-contained body of text considered being that functions as a single narrative within a larger group of contentcontext.

  • <Sect> — the Section element. A general container element type, which is usually a component of a part element or an article element.

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  • : Denotes a section, typically part of a chapter or article, and is used as a general container element.

These container tags are intended solely for grouping and structuring other tags, without adding semantic meaning.

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.

Section 5.11: Artifacts

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.

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Open the Tags Pane.

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To ensure screen readers ignore specific content, like decorative images, you must mark those items as Artifacts. Simply leaving them untagged is not a proper method for designating content to be ignored.

If you use the Reading Order Tool,

  1. Go to the All Tools Pane and click on the Prepare for Accessibility Tool.

    The Prepare for Accessibility tool highlighted with a black box.Image Added
  2. Click on the Fix Reading Order Tool. Using the cursor (which is shaped like a crosshair) click and drag a box around the content.

    The Fix Reading Order Tool highlighted with a black box.Image Added
  3. In the Reading Order Tool, select the Background/Artifact button.

    The Reading Order Tool with the Background and Artifact button highlighted in a black box. The image is highlighted with a pink box.Image Added
  4. Now your content will be turned into an artifact and any tags made for that item will be gone. If you want to make several things an artifact at once, hold down the shift key while selecting the zone around each one, then select the Background/Artifact button.

If you use the Tags Pane,

  1. Open the Accessibility Tags pane and right click on the content that needs to be labeled as an Artifact (not artifact. This should not be the tag itself, but the content within it, the tag which is next to the container icon that looks like a little box).

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  2. Select Change Tag to Artifact.

    The Options dropdown menu, with Change Tag to Artifact highlighted.Image Added

Section 5.12: Finding Artifacts

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

  1. Click the Options menu in the Tags Pane.

  2. Click Find.In the Accessibility Tags Pane, click on the Options button and click Find.

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  3. Artifacts will already be selected as the first option in the drop-down menu.

    The Find Element box in Adobe Acrobat with Find set to Artifact. Type is set to Search Document. Image Added
  4. Select Search Page or Search Document .Click and click the Find Next button.

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