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The recommended format for web content is as an HTML publication. This is a time-stamped publication that opens in a web browser.

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to use

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the PDF

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format for content

It would be appropriate to use a PDF in these cases:

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Otherwise we recommend publishing in HTML format.

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Drawbacks of using PDFs

While PDFs are a useful document type for sharing internally, we do not use PDFs to share information on the web for these reasons:

  • PDFs cannot be easily discovered by users through the search engines
  • PDFs are not mobile-friendly, so they are more difficult to access
  • It is easier to keep an HTML document accurate and up to date

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Why we use HTML as the preferred format

HTML is the recommended format for web content because:

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