Rules

The RULES section allows you to view the hierarchy of defined rules. To comply with PDF/UA, all PDF content must be categorized in semantic elements included in a tagged structure tree.

Rules structure define the logical reading order of the document for the AT to be able to process the document structure and help the user get access to the PDF content.

Any matching content changes made on the workspace area are applied directly to the RULES section.

    Important:
  • The rules matched on a page are also applied on the other pages of the PDF document.

For more information on how to work with rules, see Managing Rules.

To hide a rule from the workspace area, select , the selection tool.

To search for a rule on the RULES section, select , the filtering tool.

File Structure

Header
For more information, see Matching Document Elements.
Body
For more information, see Matching Text Elements, Matching List Elements, Matching Object Elements, or Creating and Defining Structure Rules.
Table
For more information, see Matching Table Elements.
Footer
For more information, see Matching Document Elements.