HealthInsite Publishing Standards - Document formats

For consumer information and short documents, HTML is the preferred format, because of its linking functionality. Some HTML page styles do not print well. If this is the case, it is helpful to offer a version of the page optimised for printing.

For long documents and documents with special layouts, PDF will be a better format for many users. However, note that there are still significant accessibility issues with the PDF format. It is helpful to offer an alternative version, preferably HTML.

Document formats other than HTML and PDF are not included in HealthInsite.

Publishing standards for HealthInsite, v5, June 2007

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