Linked text boxes

A method for linking text boxes on one or more pages of an electronic document, the method comprising:

• receiving a first user input corresponding to an indication to create a first text box on the one or more pages;
• in response to the first user input, presenting the first text box on the one or more pages, the first text box having an associated first location on the one or more pages;
• receiving a second user input corresponding to an indication to create a second text box on the one or more pages;
• in response to the second user input, presenting the second text box on the one or more pages, the second text box having an associated second location on the one or more pages;
• detecting a relative arrangement of the first text box and the second text box on the one or more pages;
• based on the relative arrangement and a language specification, linking the first and second text boxes by assigning an order to each of the first text box and the second text box within a thread, wherein text within the thread flows from one text box of the thread to another text box of the thread based on the assigned order when an amount of text is larger than an area of the one text box;
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• displaying the assigned order via selectable visual indicators included in the first and second text boxes, wherein the assigned order is indicative of a reading order of the text in the thread.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions configured to cause processing circuitry to:

• receive a first user input corresponding to an indication to create a first text box on one or more pages of an electronic document;
• in response to the first user input, display the first text box on the one or more pages;
• receive a second user input corresponding to an indication to create a second text box on the one or more pages;
• in response to the second user input, display the second text box on the one or more pages;
• link the first text box and the second text boxes by assigning an order to each of the first text box and the second text box within a thread;
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• display the assigned order of each of the first text box and the second text box within the thread via a first selectable visual indicator of the first text box and a second selectable visual indicator of the second text box, respectively, wherein text within the thread flows from one text box of the thread to another text box of the thread based on the assigned order when an amount of text in the one text box is larger than an area of the one text box, wherein the first selectable indicator indicates a first position of the first text box within the thread, wherein the second selectable indicator indicates a second position of the second text box within the thread, wherein the first and second positions are indicative of a reading order of the text in the thread.