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From: Oyler, Ildiko
Date: Jun 8, 2001 12:53AM

Hi Lanne,
We followed Maureen Hencemann's advice regarding bulleted lists. Please go
to my web accessibility website
www.regis.edu/disability/webaccessibility.htm (newly edited and in the
process of more revising) to see it exemplified and read about Bulleted
Lists in Front Page. The unformatted excerpt is as follows:
Component 2: Bulleted lists
Bullets in FrontPage are graphical images requiring ALT (alternate) text,
i.e. "bullet". However, bulleted lists pose an obstacle for visually
impaired individuals because they make it impossible for them to know the
number of bullets and where they are in the list. They are highly
discouraged because FrontPage sets them up as a table. Instead, it is
recommended to create lists in a numerical or alphabetical format with an
introduction that gives the number of steps in the list. See the following
as an example:

In the FrontPage Editor:
To create an accessible bulleted list do the following two steps:
Step 1: Introduce the number of steps before you begin the list.
Step 2: If you have embedded lists, name each one seperately. For example,
notice how the components in this section have been named as component one,
component two etc. and the list inside each component has been named Step 1,
Step 2 etc.