: How do I control the order of text in a PDF exported from InDesign? I've created a document that's got an elaborate layout of a bunch of text boxes. When I export to PDF, open the PDF in
I've created a document that's got an elaborate layout of a bunch of text boxes. When I export to PDF, open the PDF in Preview, select all and copy out to a text file, the order of the text boxes is seemingly random. How can I control this?
I tried connecting all the boxes with text threads and using frame breaks. I've tried fiddling with the Articles palette, the Structure feature, and the Tags. I've tried exporting the PDF as Print and Interactive, and I've tried checking "Create Tagged PDF" and "Use Structure for Tab Order", and nothing has changed the order of the text.
How can I get the text in the exported PDF to flow the way I need? (I'm using InDesign CS6, if that makes a difference.)
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One possible work-around might be to use 1 large text box that contains all your text.
Try rearranging the layer order in the Layers panel. For example, if the layer order of your text boxes looks like this...
"jumped over the"
"lazy dog."
"The quick brown fox"
...then this is probably what's causing your problem. The position of the objects doesn't matter; the layer order does. You can do this in the Layers panel (by expanding each layer and dragging them up and down). Otherwise, here are the shortcuts to change the layer order of selected object(s):
Ctrl + [ (move up 1)
Ctrl + ] (move down 1)
Ctrl + Shift + [ (move to top)
Ctrl + Shift + ] (move to bottom)
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