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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Feb 2, 2017 11:19AM

Hi folks,

A colleague of mine, Brian Lovely, tried to pose a question to the group but the email has not come through. I'm hoping that it comes through mine!

Here is the question:

We have footnotes that are indicated by linked numbers. Is a linked number enough or should there be some kind of visually hidden text like "footnote"? ...and what about links back to the content from the footnote text? Code example follows:

<a href="#footnote1">1</a>

<div id="footnote1">My foot itches</div>


Thank you!

Nick Beranek
Accessibility Tech Lead
Digital Accessibility Team
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