WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: URL Question

for

From: Chagnon | PubCom.com
Date: Feb 2, 2016 12:34PM

It depends, John.
We recommend either of the following techniques to our clients, depending upon how the content is written. When PDFs are printed, they lose their electronic hyperlinks so you must ensure that anyone reading the printed PDF can see the full URL. This is a good example of where the guidance of WCAG that works well for websites, often fails for Office documents and PDFs.

#1: (with hyperlinks on the "meaningful" text "View our catalog" as well on the URL)
View our catalog [www.catalog.com]

#2: (better grammatically, the entire phrase is one hyperlink, from "View" to ".com:")
View our catalog at www.catalog.com

It's best to set the hyperlinks in the source program, such as MS Word or Adobe InDesign, because creating and controlling them in the PDF after it has been exported is a bit tedious.

--Bevi Chagnon

— — —
Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com | <EMAIL REMOVED>
Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers
for publishing & communication
| PRINT | WEB | PDF | EPUB | Sec. 508 ACCESSIBILITY |
— — —