You can reorder manually-created zones on an image any time before OCR. Reordering zones after OCR requires the image to be processed again.
NOTE: The numbered order of zones determines the order in which text will be placed on a recognized page. However, if you select True Page or Retain Flowing Columns as the Output Format option for a page, the order of the text will be based on the order of the original page.
Click the Reorder Zones button
in the Image toolbar.
The numbers in the zones disappear.
Click within the zone you want recognized first.
The number 1 appears in the zone.
Click in the zone you want recognized next.
The number 2 appears in the zone.
Repeat step 3 until all the zones are appropriately ordered.
If you do not number all the zones, they are automatically numbered for you during OCR.