Web Accessibility Statement |
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USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services is committed to making its
web sites accessible to all USDA customers and employees. All of the agency
web sites are undergoing review and redesign as necessary to ensure that
they meet or exceed the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973.
Many of our web sites currently meet the Section 508 accessibility
standards. Furthermore, USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services continues
to work on making all web sites accessible. Thank you very much for your
patience through this redesign process. If you have any comments or suggestions
for improvement, please contact the webmaster.
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Accessibility Resources |
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There
are a number of resources
available that describe the
elements of accessible Web pages
as well as listings of companies
that provide assistive computer
technology including screen
reading software.
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Adobe
Acrobat PDF Files |
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Many of
the documents on the USDA Web
site are in HTML or ASCII (plain
text) formats. These formats are
generally accessible to people
who use screen readers. We also
have a large number of documents
in Adobe Acrobat® Portable
Document Format (PDF).
PDF
format is used to preserve the
content and layout of our hard
copy publications. Publications
in PDF can only be viewed and
printed using the Adobe
AcrobatReader®, version 3.0 or
higher. You can download and get
help using the Acrobat Reader at
the Adobe Systems, Inc. site.
The downloadable Acrobat Reader
software is available at NO
CHARGE from Adobe.
People
using screen-reading devices
generally are unable to read
documents directly in PDF
format, unless they have an
accessibility plug-in installed
on their system along with the
Adobe Acrobat Reader. This
plug-in is available at NO
CHARGE from Adobe. Adobe also
has online tools that will
convert PDF files to HTML on
request. To get the plug-in and
latest news about Adobe's
accessibility tools and
services, visit the Access Adobe
site.
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Requesting Alternative Formats |
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The
USDA TARGET Center converts USDA
information and documents into
alternative formats, including
Braille, large print, video
description, diskette, and
audiotape. For more information,
visit the TARGET Center's Web
site or call the Center at (202)
720-2600 (Voice/TTY).
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PowerPoint and Word Files |
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You can
view our online publications
that are in Microsoft
PowerPoint® (.ppt) format if you
have any version of PowerPoint
installed on your computer. For
those who don't have the
software, the Microsoft
Corporation offers a FREE
PowerPoint file viewer. You can
download and get help using the
PowerPoint viewer at the
Microsoft Download Center.
You can view publications in
Microsoft Word® (.doc) format if
you have Word, version 6.0 or
higher, installed on your
computer. Word documents can
also be viewed with many other
word processing software
programs. Additionally,
Microsoft offers a FREE Word
file viewer that you can
download at its Microsoft
Download Center.
Last
modified:
10/29/2008
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