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Re: Saving as Web Page (HTML) instead of PDF-unencrypt

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From: Jason Kiss
Date: Feb 18, 2020 1:00PM

I've got no affiliation with it, but the Document Accessibility Toolbar (DAT) for Word (Windows only) from Vision Australia produces very clean HTML from well-structured Word docs: https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/digital-access/document-accessibility-toolbar <https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/digital-access/document-accessibility-toolbar>

It's got other useful features, too, but the Word-to-HTML conversion is great.


> On 19/02/2020, at 8:08 AM, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Ignoring how Word saves as HTML for the moment, the general concept that
> HTML is more accessible than PDF is true. If you can provide an HTML
> version of a document instead of PDF or Word, that would be ideal.
>
> Saving as HTML from Word might give you a starting point, but as Steve
> said, the HTML that Word generates is usually not great.
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 8:54 AM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
>> No, don't do that!!! The resulting html is absolutely disgusting garbage
>> and is not fixable in a sensible timeframe.
>>
>> Steve Green
>> Managing Director
>> Test Partners Ltd
>>
>>
>>