SAMHSA's Section 508 Resources

PDF FAQs

A document's reading order must be from left to right, and from top to bottom.

How Do I Check My Reading Order?

1. From the MS Office toolbar, select ADVANCED, click the "Accessibility" option.

2. Select "TouchUp Reading Order" from the drop down menu.
   
   
   
3. After seletin "TouchUp Reading Order", a menu will appear. Select the "Show Order Panel" at the bottom.
   
   
4. The "Show Order Panel" contains four tabs (there maybe times when there are only three tabs visible based on the document configuration) at the top of the menu, select the "Order" tab to VIEW the order by which the items (figures, tables, text, headings, etc.) will be represented.
   
   
   
   

Last Update: 12/15/2008