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From: Christine Hogenkamp
Date: Feb 19, 2020 12:29PM

Why change it from a Word doc at all? My understanding is that Word docs
when used without fancy styles (ie plain text) are considered accessible
and readable by AT like a screenreader. Is this not the case? Or you could
just make a very plain .txt file?

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> >> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of
> >> Adam Kosakowski via WebAIM-Forum
> >> Sent: 18 February 2020 15:47
> >> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >> Cc: Adam Kosakowski < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >> Subject: [WebAIM] Saving as Web Page (HTML) instead of PDF-unencrypt
> >>
> >> Hello all!
> >>
> >> PDF remediation is a nightmare and HTML is just more accessible in
> >> general. So, when we have a Word document, why don't we save as a Web
> Page
> >> (HTML) instead of a PDF when we're looking to create an accessible
> >> "official documents?" Is anyone recommending that companies to this when
> >> they consult with them? I know there are some differences when saving as
> >> HTML, like the loss of columns; and I'm still exploring these, but
> before I
> >> jump down this rabbit hole, I really wanted to see if anyone else was
> >> encouraging their document creators to save as Web Pages.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Adam Kosakowski
> >> Assistive Technology Specialist
> >> NEAT Center at Oak Hill
>