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Re: [External Sender] Citation superscript

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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Nov 25, 2019 6:26AM

Good catch Glen, I was focusing on HTML

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 6:50 PM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> This is a nice article on accessible footnotes. It goes through creating a
> basic footnote and then adding features, such as a link back to the main
> text.
>
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sitepoint.com/accessible-footnotes-css/__;!0Ns9_1dOjwg!PIulCWLtgHdAUg6oMlJXv0QXW6lS9N8zfhNBMllyYiI2aKKmrwjGImz_bE77SJV8klEEoQ$
>
> But this is an html solution. You need a PDF solution? A similar concept
> should still be possible. I know when creating a Word doc, I can have
> in-document links so can jump to a footnote then jump back. I think that's
> preserved when saving as PDF.
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 7:56 AM Brian Lovely via WebAIM-Forum <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > I assume we are talking about footnotes. The best way to handle these is
> to
> > provide some visually hidden text that explains what the link is, like
> > <a><span class="vh">footnote </span>2</a>. When the link is activated,
> > focus should be placed on the relevant footnote. It would also be good
> > (particularly for a long document with lots of footnotes) to have some
> > mechanism for returning focus to the link.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM Leah Roderman <
> > <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> > > My organization produces long documents that are intended to be printed
> > > and are distributed in PDF. We have one that has over 150 note numbers
> in
> > > superscript for citations that are listed at the end of the document. I
> > > went looking for a best practices guide about formatting those and have
> > run
> > > into conflicting information about how screen readers parse
> superscript.
> > > I'm hoping someone on this list has expertise: if you have a resource
> for
> > > this specific usage, please let me know.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > > - Leah
> >
> >
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