Re: PDF Version of WCAG 2.0 Guidelines

> Name: Andrew Cooper
> Email: apcooper@live.co.uk
> Affiliation:
> Document: W2
> Item Number: WCAG 2.0 Supporting Documents
> Part of Item:
> Comment Type: general comment
> Summary of Issue: PDF Version of WCAG 2.0 Guidelines
> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
> Although the item number is for Supporting Documents, my issue is
> basically with the PDF version of the WCAG 2.0 Guidelines.
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> And I quote:
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> "It is expected that the following versions will be available in February 2009:
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> Portable Document Format (PDF): optimized for printing
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> U.S. Letter PDF version of WCAG 2.0 Guidelines
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> A4 PDF version of WCAG 2.0 Guidelines"
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> I've just been downloading the ZIP and PDF versions of some TR's from
> the W3.org Website so I can print them off to read however, the WCAG
> 2.0 Guidelines PDF format isn't on the Website to download, but said
> it would be expected in February 2009.
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> Is there any progress with getting the PDF version completed and the
> link becoming active?
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> Proposed Change:
> Complete the PDF version and have the link active.
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Response from the Working Group
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It has been our goal to produce PDF versions of the guidelines with a
layout optimized for print. However, due to lack of resources we have
been unable to accomplish that in the expected time frame. Therefore,
for the moment we have produced PDF versions that are essentially
"printouts" of the HTML. In the future if we are able to make enhanced
PDF versions available we will post those. Meanwhile the preliminary
PDF versions are available from
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/versions/.

Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group

Received on Monday, 26 July 2010 23:07:49 UTC