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Re: PDF, Accessibility and Quality Control

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From: smithj7@peoplepc.com
Date: Feb 5, 2007 7:06AM

I also have a few questions about PDF and accessiblity. Well it's actually
more about the main document if it is created in indesign. I have limited
experience with indesign. Can that document convert to a PDF that is
accessible? I always have to spend lots of times with documents that are
given to me in PDF format to put on the web that are created in indesign.
The most recent was probametic because it was in a forgein language that
sometimes switched to english.
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From: "John Foliot - Stanford Online Accessibility Program"
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF, Accessibility and Quality Control


> Zwack, Melanie C wrote:
>>
>> * Another question I have, You speak of well-formed documents.
>> What exactly do you mean by that. I guess I'm not totally clear about
>> what the meaning of a well-formed document is?
>
> Melanie,
>
> While your question focuses on PDFs, the same requirement exists for web
> documents: i.e. they need to be "well-formed" as well. A very good
> article
> that explains this concept may be found at A List Apart:
> http://www.alistapart.com/articles/grokwebstandards
>
> While it speaks of "web standards", the section about "Think Like a
> Writer"
> pretty much sums it up.
>
> HTH
>
> JF
>
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