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Re: Table with PDF forms where only the title is linked to the PDF, can PDF size be in a different cell?

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: May 16, 2012 6:28AM

Rabab,
That's two questions:
1) Do you need to have the file format and the file size in a link to a PDF (or any other type of file) in order to meet WCAG 2.0? No, you don't. You may choose to make that information available in the table so people can find out this information, but I don't think that you even need to do that to meet WCAG.
2) Does separating this information from the links make the page less accessible or usable? I don't know, you'd need to find or perform some user testing to determine this. I'm sure that many people would like to know this information (probably more likely the file format than the size, unless the size is particularly large), but I can also imagine that some people would find the additional information (e.g. "2012 census form, PDF. Two hundred thirty-eight KB") annoying after getting not too far through your list.

So, check with users to see what they say. But I'd say that making your PDF forms meet WCAG 2.0 (and soon, meeting PDF/UA) is the first priority.

AWK