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EPA Portable Document Format (PDF) Standards
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Checklist for Using PDFs on the Web (Updated March 2007)
This checklist gives developers a list of items they can use to create an accessible file and a file that will be searched by EPA's and other search engines. The checklist was developed to be used in conjunction with the PDF Guidance document which contains more extensive descriptions, explanations and trouble shooting information about PDF creation.
PDF: When to Use and Creating Document Metadata: EPA Standard (March 2007)
Criteria for choosing PDF vs. HTML and directions on creating the title, subject, and other key metadata.
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EPA Linking Standards for PDF Files (July 2006)
A brief description of how to add links to PDF documents. Includes several examples such as poster PDFs and using an in-line About PDF link.
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PDF White Paper 2006 (PDF) (28 pp, 342 K)
Final Revised - July 2006
from the EPA Web Workgroup PDF Subcommittee
This document contains comprehensive information about PDF that shares best practices to address:
- accessibility and usability concerns
- completing metadata information to aid EPA's Northern Light and other search engines
- making large documents more user friendly
- reducing file size
- dealing with scanned documents
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