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From: Angela French
Date: Aug 24, 2011 2:48PM

Hello,
I would appreciate any advice on how to best convey that a user has an "OR" choice about two (or more) different form fields they can fill out on a form. I don't mean these as optional, but as mandatory OR.

For example:

Select from this drop down list number 1
OR
Select from this drop down list number 2
OR
Select from this drop down list number 3

My concern is how to keep the user from wasting their time selecting from the drop list one or two only to find out they would have preferred to select from number 3. Wouldn't it be hard for a screen reader user to backtrack ?

Thank you

Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4316
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