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From: ED COHEN
Date: Aug 13, 2003 12:35PM

Hello,
Our publication's office is preparing a large report for the Web that will have an HTML table of contents. The TOC will have as many as a dozen chapters.

They say that every link on the page will lead to a PDF file. We'll list the file size of each downloadable, next to each chapter title. A link to download Acrobat Reader will appear on the page.

We are adhering to Section 508 which as you know is silent on PDF issues.

Question: How best to offer the hyperlink to the downloadable and the "PDF logo"?

Options:
1. State at the top of the page that all the links on that page lead to PDF files and place the PDF logo once. Hyperlink each chapter title to the downloadable file.

2. Place the PDF logo next to each link and make the logo a clickable graphic that downloads the file. The graphic's <ALT> would be "Download chapter # / title".

3. State at the top of the page that all the links on that page lead to PDF files. Place the PDF logo