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Tag Selection Tool

Bent Kirkegaard
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What it does

The Tag Selection tool is the default selection tool. You recognize it, when the button is marked as active by the background color.

With the tag selection tool, you can click on single elements in the document viewer, and the corresponding tags are highlighted in the task pane Logical Structure Tree.

This tool works the way round as well: click on one tag or several tags in the task pane Logical Structure Tree and the corresponding elements are highlighted in the document viewer.

Important

You can only select elements that are already tagged.

If you cannot click in the document viewer on an element, then there are no tags for this element.

Use it for

Analyzing your document and checking the tags for selected elements in your document.

How to use it

Activate the tool

  1. Click in the ribbon tab Viewer on the button Tag Selection.
    Button: Tag Selection, not active
  2. The button is now marked as active by the background color.
    Button: Tag Selection, active
  3. Done!

Use case 1: Select an element in the document viewer and get the corresponding tag

If you click on an element in the document viewer, you immediately get the corresponding tag in the task pane Logical Structure Tree. The tag is highlighted, and all parent tags are opened.
Tag Selection; Mouse on Tag in document view
If you right click on an element in the document viewer, you can choose, which level of the tag hierarchy you want to get as your selection in the task pane Logical Structure Tree. This is very useful for the precise selection of nested tags like in lists or tables for example.
Tag Selection Menu in document view open

Use case 2: Select a tag in the logical structure tree and get the corresponding element in the document viewer

If you click on an element in the task pane Logical Structure Tree, you immediately get the corresponding tag in the document viewer and the element is highlighted.
Tag Selection: Mouse on Tag in logical structure tree
 

Note

Either the Tag Selection tool or the Table tool can be active.

Tip

If the task pane Properties ist also open, you can easily check the properties of your selected tag.