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HTML documents are more accessible for users because:
- searchability HTML documents are easier to read search and find online
- adaptability HTML documents are easier for users to locate in the search enginesreformat for different devices
- accessibility HTML documents adjust to fit specification of assistive technologies, and the functionality of GOV.UK pages is maximised for accessibility
- updatability HTML pages can be easily located on mobile devices
- we need to comply with 'open standards' - we need to make sure we do not discriminate against people with disabilities
- for example, content must be accessible by someone who has a visual impairment
- quickly updated
- printability HTML pages are easily printable
The drawbacks of PDFs
While PDFs are a useful document type for sharing internally, we do try not use PDFs to share information on the web because:
- PDFs cannot be easily found through search engines
- PDFs are not mobile-friendly, so they are more difficult to accessadapt poorly to different screen sizes and devices
- PDFs are difficult to updateit is easier to keep an HTML document accurate and up to date
