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PDF at the Attorney General's Department
- 1. Using PDFs in the Attorney-General’s Department Challenges, solutions and compromise Dianne Seath, Assistant Director, Application Development and Web Publishing
- 2. AGD websites Diverse portfolio – administer 149 separate pieces of legislation Varied responsibilities Maintain approximately 35 websites Some sites have large numbers of PDFs some have none
- 3. Why do we use them? Formatted for printing Complex publications For forms and templates
- 4. Challenges Appropriate use Very risk averse clients PDFs “can’t be altered” Business requirements Legacy documents Commissioned reports Culture change Public consultations Other kinds of PDFs e.g. brochures, posters
- 5. Solutions Education of staff Endorsement of accessibility guidelines by Executive Change consultation guidelines Manage expectations
- 6. HTML is “god” Try to provide documents in HTML Either the publishing team converts it if given enough time or for very complex documents e.g. Annual Report, outsource If it is not possible to present as HTML due to time constraints or other issues provide a Word alternative RTF in most cases doesn’t work as a viable alternative