Don't know about best practice but I can tell you about ways I
approached it in the past and how I like it when I come to a page
with the options you offer.
I usually put helpful information in the title attribute of a link,
so a "new window" link includes : "..to open xxxxx in a new window"
and a download says something like "right-click to download the word
document xxxx to your desktop"
I am assuming the file names are formatted something like:
Title_of_This_Lengthy_Document.pdf
Title_of_This_Lengthy_Document.doc
Icons also help people make quick choices and allow you to provide
the documents in a tabular format when required.
Title of This Lengthy Document [PDF ICON] title="download the PDF:
Title_of_This_Lengthy_Document" [MSWORD ICON] title="download the
Word Document: Title_of_This_Lengthy_Document"
Personally I take the position that Word and PDF serve completely
different roles and should not always be available together.
PDF - good for delivery where you need to control file size, fonts,
layout and do not want the recipient to edit the document digitally.
MSWord - good for delivery of text content you want to allow the
recipient to edit, or easily copy into another text editing application.
In this instance I make sure the word doc is as simple as possible,
and is minimally formatted, preferably as an rtf.
Joe
On Feb 15 2008, at 13:10, kevin.erickson wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone tell me what they think the best practice is for
have a web page with link to a Word document and also a PDF?
Some of my pages have multiple subjects with data in both
Word and PDF. So a typical list might be:
Title (PDF) Also available in Word.
Title (PDF) Also available in Word.
In the sample list above "Title" links to the PDF document
and "Word" links to the Word document. Each link will have a
title attribute. Is there a better or more common way to
offer multiple formats for a document?
Thanks in advance,
Kevin
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