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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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PDFs


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

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Otherwise we recommend publishing in HTML format. All PDFs published on GOV.UK should have a Gateway number.

Drawbacks of using PDFsPDFs 


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

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