Define the tabbing order

You can set the order in which a user tabs through form fields, links and comments for each page.

1. Set the tabbing order using a preset option

   • On the Sidebar Navigation pane, click the Page Thumbnails icon.

   • Choose Document > Page Thumbnails.

2. Do any of the following to open the Page Properties dialog box:

   • Select a page thumbnail, right-click on it, and select Page Properties... from the options.

   • In the Page Thumbnails toolbar, click Pages Panel Option and select Page Properties... from the options.

In the Page Properties dialog box, you can configure tabbing order and page actions, like specifying the actions to be performed when opening or closing a page, jumping to a certain page view, or opening links.

Set the tabbing order

• Use Row Order. Press the tab key to move through each row down the page horizontally.

• Use Column Order. Press the tab key to vertically move down each column across the page.

• Use Document Structure. Tab in the order specified by the application the document was created in.

• Unspecified. Tab by form fields, links or comments. When order is unspecified, you can use Set Tabbing Order to manually set the tabbing order of form fields, as follows.

  • In the Page Properties dialog box, click Tab Order and select Unspecified from the tab order options. Click Close.

  • Choose Form > Set Tab Order Tool. Click OK.

  • A number appears in the upper-left corner of each form field, indicating the tabbing order you set. Click the form fields in the desired order.

  • Click anywhere on the page other than the form fields to finish.

   

  
  Set tab order. The tabbing moves in the order you created the form fields.

To define page actions

• Select Trigger. Define how to initiate a page action. From the Select Trigger drop-down menu, choose Page Open to set an action when the page is opened, or choose Page Close to set an action when the page is closed.

• Select Action. Specify the action the page performs when triggered and click Add...:

• Do Action. It displays the list of triggers and actions you defined for the page. To perform multiple actions, select another action from the menu and click Add... to add it to the list.

  • Click Delete to remove the selected action from the Do Action list.

  • Click Edit to change settings for the selected action.

  • Use Up/Down buttons to arrange the actions in the order you want them to occur. The buttons are available only when there are multiple actions under the same trigger.