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content icon Content Side Panel provides a hierarchical view of all content objects on the page, such as containers, text, paths, and images. The objects are listed in the exact reading order they appear on the page.

To fix reading order issues in marked content sequences (containers) of PDF page objects, use the Content Panel.


be cautious icon Be aware that modifying content objects can affect the overall structure of the PDF.

screenshot of auto-tag sample with content side panel in pdfix desktop

Basic Content Actions in PDFix Desktop provide automated batch processing for one or more page objects. You can apply these actions to selected page objects or the entire document. In the action dialog, easily define the specific page objects to process, ensuring precise control over your PDF content.

screenshot of dialog window artifact content on the document in pdfix desktop

  • In the Content Panel of PDFix Desktop, you can manually Add, Edit, and Delete page objects.
  • To Move a container or object, simply select it and drag it to the desired location.
  • Use the option icon Options Menu or right-click in the panel toolbar to access all available actions for the selected content.
  • Drag and Drop to reposition objects easily within your document.
screenshot of content panel selection window with various option to manage page objects in pdfix desktop

Click delete icon Delete to remove all selected page objects from the content. To retain important information, consider using the Mark as Artifact feature instead of deleting.

find tag selection icon Find Tag from Selection option navigates directly to the associated tag of the selected content.

adds icon Adds the selected content to the selected tag.

artifact content icon Artifact marks selected content, indicating that it should not be processed or included in the document’s structure.

show artifacts icon Show Artifacts: When enabled, artifacts will be displayed. When disabled, they will be hidden.

show unmarked content icon Show Unmarked Content: When enabled, content that is neither marked as an Artifact nor associated with an MCID will be displayed.

show tagged content icon Show Tagged Content: When enabled, all tagged content will be displayed, including content with a marked sequence containing MCID.

Click properties icon Properties to see available marked content sequence properties to edit.

screenshot of content dialog showing content properties with option to edit properties

Marked Content Attributes provide low-level access to the page object marked content sequence.

caution icon We do not recommend using this for editing an annotation unless you have deep PDF format expertise.

screenshot dialog of marked content attributes

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