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From: L Snider
Date: Jan 19, 2015 10:36AM

Hello Logan,

An interesting problem...How about this? I think the H1 should be unique,
so how about this compromise?

For the title use Report to XYZ Committee-SUBJECT
It is repetitive, which is the drawback...but it gets the point across
right away-for all viewers.

Could you take Subject out all together?

Cheers

Lisa

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On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Trafford, Logan < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Looking for opinions. I will try to summarize the issue as succinctly as
> possible.
>
> I'm building a Word template (for reports) that get converted to PDF and
> posted to external website. Once the Word document is completed, the author
> has no further control (i.e. the conversion to PDF is done in batch mode
> automatically and they can't remediate the PDF after the fact).
>
> The natural Heading 1 of the document is the text that appears at the top
> of the doc which is "Report to XYZ Committee", followed by additional
> (normal text) that identifies date, who submitted it etc. and THEN the
> actual subject matter of the report.
>
> Example:
> Report to XYZ Committee
> January 15, 2015
> Submitted by: Jane Doe
> Contact Person: Barney Fife
> Ward:
> File #
> Subject:
>
> My issue is that while it is natural to style the main title (Report to
> XYZ Committee) as a Heading 1 (and also enter it as the title in the
> Properties of the document), there may be hundreds of these reports
> converted to PDF and posted to the website on a yearly basis that would end
> up having the exact same title, thus potentially having an adverse effect
> on search capabilities.
>
> Would it make more sense to have the unique "Subject:" of the document
> styled as the Heading 1 instead and the "Report to XXX Committee" as a
> Heading 2. I do realize that automated checkers will fail for having
> skipped heading levels, but that's not the end of the world. Or am I
> simply over-thinking this and it wouldn't make much of a difference either
> way (from and A11Y perspective), thus having the generic "Report to XYZ
> Committee" on multiple documents being totally acceptable.
>
> Appreciate any input.
> Thanks,
>
> Logan Trafford
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