[Accessibility_sig] PDF best practices: Word alternative necessary?

[Jean Shepherd]

This is a best-practices question: If a document is properly structured,
well-prepared and properly tagged as a PDF, is it necessary to include a
parallel Word document alternative?  I've always held that to ensure maximum
accessibility and compatibility with all devices, both document types should
be offered.  Or am I being too conservative/old-fashioned?  (BTW, does Adobe
intend to update its "Creating Accessible PDF Documents with Adobe Acrobat
7.0" at least to Acrobat 8.0 [seeing as they're now releasing  9.0]?)
Thanks, all.

 

Jean Shepherd

Jean E's Web Accessibility

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://knowbility.org/pipermail/accessibility_sig_knowbility.org/attachments/20081006/5041e297/attachment.html