Auto-fix Form Tab Order
Regenerate a PDF form's field tab order by sorting fields top-to-bottom and left-to-right within each page — keyboard navigation in field order.
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How does the Auto-fix Form Tab Order work?
Re-sequence a PDF form's tab order so keyboard users move through fields in a sensible visual order — top of the page first, left to right within each row, then down. The fix mutates the page's /Annots array (which determines tab order) and sets /Tabs = /R (row-order). Useful when a form designer added fields out of order, or when an OCR pass produced fields in raster scan order rather than reading order.
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