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Re: <strong> vs <em>

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jan 22, 2007 3:50AM


Quoting Gary Williamson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:

> Generator Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium) I' ve heard on the
> grapevine that <strong> shouldn' t be used to emphasise text for
> screen readers as it shouts a word rather than emphasises it!

I believe that "shout" is a bit of an overstatement...

Not knowing Generator MS Word, I'm not sure, but I'd assume it does a
dumb "italics to <em>" conversion?

P
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Patrick H. Lauke