Hi there, > My first question is that if I convert the PDF files to HTML to make > them more accessible, am I right in thinking that this is only half my > job done? If the original file wasn't marked up correctly in the first > place before being saved as PDF (with headings, etc) does this mean > that its still not really accessible?
As an extremely broad generalisation, yes - bad source gets bad output. However every case is different so you'll have to check your resulting (X)HTML to make sure it's standards compliant/accessible. > Secondly, with the Word documents, if there is an easier way to convert > them to HTML? At the moment I am saving as HTML from Word, taking them > into Dreamweaver and using 'Clean up Word HTML'. Try http://textism.com/wordcleaner/ .... I've found it's pretty good, esp. in conjunction with the DW tricks you mention. If you have a large amount of this sort of work, you might like to invest in http://cita.disability.uiuc.edu/software/office/ cheers h -- --- <http://www.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
