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Re: Microsoft Word question

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From: ben morrison
Date: Apr 20, 2005 9:28AM

Im sure that microsoft used to supply a 'word viewer' application. Not
sure wether this was for PC users only though...

On 4/20/05, Dan Miller < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>> Hello
>> I am wondering about accessiblity issues regarding posting a document as an
>> attachment in Microsoft Word format. I realize that for PDF attachments and
>> the like, a link had to be provided in order to be able to download the free
>> reader. How does one bypass this with Word docs? Is it 508 compliant just to
>> post a Word doc as an attachment? Should one include also a plain text
>> version of the document?
>>
>> Also, are tables created in Word 508 compliant?
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Dan