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I did that already. If you don't specify tab order through the /Tabs key,
the default behavior is to use annotation order. But there's a bug when
document structure is present. Without the /Tabs key, it always behaves as
if you'd specified structure.

If you have field1 field2 in one row, 'Row Order' works fine, but if you
have
Line1) field1, field2
Line2) field3, field4 in one row it won't work

Thanks,
Nato

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Nato,

I'm not sure if this answers the question, but here goes.  Straight from
Acrobat 6 help files.

Defining the tabbing order.

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

To set the tabbing order for links, form fields, and annotations:

1. Click the Pages tab in the navigation pane.

2. Do one of the following:
*       Select a page thumbnail, and choose Page Properties from the Options menu.
*       Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a page thumbnail, and
choose Page Properties.

3. In the Page Properties dialog box, click Tab Order, and select the tab
order:
*       To tab through rows from left to right, or right-to-left for pages with a
right-to-left binding, select Use Row Order.
*       To tab through columns from left to right and from top to bottom, or
right-to-left for pages with a right-to-left binding, select Use Column
Order.
*       To tab in the order specified by the structure tree created by the PDF
authoring application, select Use Document Structure.
Note: For structured documents, it's best to select the Use Document
Structure option to match the intention of the PDF authoring application.
*       If the document was created in an earlier version of Acrobat, the tab
order will be Unspecified by default. With this setting, form fields are
tabbed through first, followed by annotations ordered by row.

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Hi to all,
I'm working in a form with about 200 fields. I've been trying to add tab
index; however, 6.0 doesn't have the feature as 5.0 where I was able to add
the tab order explicitly.
I found an answer related to my question. Mark Storer recommends to put the
fields into the page's annotation array in tab order.

My question is how do I put the fields into the page's annotation array in
tab order?

Your help is greatly appreciate,
Nato



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