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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Feb 17, 2003 8:42AM

Hi:

This is somewhat off topic in that most of the discussions on this list
revolve around HTML and CSS with regard to Accessibility. However, I am
trying to create an accessible pdf and for the most part, know what I am
doing but for some reason, a horizontal rule in Word 2002 is flagged by
Acrobat's Accessibility Checker - the checker wants the line to have
alternate text. In the past, I have simply been inserting "---" (three
hyphens) as the Alternate Text. Does anyone have a better idea?

These next two questions may assist with the answer. If someone were to put
a graphical horizontal line in a web page, what would one write as its alt
text? OR, what does a web page reader say when it encounters a horizontal
rule?

Jules


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