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From: Sarah Horton
Date: Mar 2, 2004 7:55AM

Julian, the explanatory text will be missed by someone using the tab key to skim the links or using the link list. It's good practice to make sure links are self-explanatory and contain all the information the user needs to know.

Sarah

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Actually, I realized that the web page itself states that the documents
below are PDF documents so additional information may not be necessary.
However, that is a good suggestion and I will keep in in mind for other
instances where we post PDF documents.

Jules

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Julian Rickards
Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator
Publications Services Section
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Phone: (705) 670-5608
Fax: (705) 670-5690


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> Julian,
> How about just including "PDF" in the link text so it is read
> as part of the link, e.g., <a
> href="directions.pdf">Directions and map (PDF)</a>? You could
> include the PDF icon as a way of reinforcing the PDF-ness of
> the link, but not as the primary way of telling users that
> the link is a PDF.


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