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From: John E Brandt
Date: Sep 12, 2014 12:39PM

Ditto to Jordan's suggestion.

I always recommend that the embedded link include, to the full extent
possible, a complete explanation of what the link is and where the user is
going to be sent. It often helps to boot up a screen reader and listen to
what your web content sounds like to a screen reader user. Hearing "Link -
PDF", "Link - Word" tells me nothing.

Preferred (probably in an unordered list form):
[Link] Use this link to download and read "Creating Accessible Word
Documents" in MS-Word format[/Link]
[Link] Use this link to download and read "Creating Accessible Word
Documents" in PDF format[/Link]

~j

John E. Brandt
jebswebs: accessible and universal web design,
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