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RE: Examples Needed for Alternatives to PDF Docs

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From: Pat Richard
Date: Jun 22, 2005 12:49PM

Well, dunno if this will help you in your current situation or not (not
likely), but what I actually do is create the PDF files on the fly from
data in the database. Our PDF files tend to be press releases, so the
formatting is pretty standard. The data is dumped into our content
management solution, and then we provide a link on that press release
page to the PDF. When clicked, the site creates the PDF on the fly with
a standard styling fit for the press release. Same data - two formats.

YMMV

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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Sue Kot
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 2:24 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Examples Needed for Alternatives to PDF Docs


We have over 350 PDF documents that are currently accessed from our
educational web site. I realize that we need to provide alternative
HTML docs to these PDF docs in order to provide accessibility to
everyone. I'd like to look at some examples of how other sites have
handled this. Can anyone out there provide some links to sites that
provide alternatives to PDF docs that I could look at that are
considered compliant and accessible?

Thanks in advance!!
Sue