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From: Egan, Bim
Date: Jun 4, 2010 6:21PM

Hi Cheryl,

A table is certainly one good way of displaying several different
formats for different files. The table should be marked up with the
File Title column as TH headings though, as well as the top row. The
format links could be headed by a cell with COLSPAN and SCOPE attributes
to avoid repetition. The links themselves could include the format and
file size, which might be important for more complex file formats.

Example data row:

2008 Report and accounts PDF 109KB Word 480KB RTF
5.2MB HTML 20KB

The SUMMARY can be used to let screen readers know what to expect,
especially if it's concise.

Cheers,

Bim


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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Cheryl Amato
Sent: 04 June 2010 20:52
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Subject: [WebAIM] multiple file formats

I'm just wondering what's the thinking on presenting the same file in
multiple file formats. In particular, how would you word the link text?
Would a properly coded data table be the best solution? I have several
files
that are available in up to 5 different formats each.

Thanks for the help.

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Cheryl Amato
Web Designer
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