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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you both for your insights. That helps me, and I will pass this along to the group so it can help them, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dean Brusnighan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Purdue University, Young Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">155 S. Grant Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Phone: 765-494-9082<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:dabrus@purdue.edu">dabrus@purdue.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gaeir Dietrich<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Once thing to remember with EPUB: if you are using any of the “flowing” formats, you will lose the mark-up for print page number references unless you hand-code
them in. If the print page numbers are important (for quoting citations, for example), you will need to pay attention to that detail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">With that issue in mind, I would recommend going to both PDF and EPUB directly from the Word file. Folks who need the visual page to look exactly like the book and/or
who need the print page numbers can use the PDF.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich<br>
High Tech Center Training Unit of the<br>
California Community Colleges<br>
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA<br>
<a href="http://www.htctu.net/"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">www.htctu.net</span></a> <br>
408-996-6043<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Victoria Lynn Getis [<a href="mailto:vgetis@northwestern.edu">mailto:vgetis@northwestern.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gdietrich@htctu.net">gdietrich@htctu.net</a>; Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Hi,<br>
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I'd suggest ePub first. The nice thing about ePub format is that you can then convert what you've made into many, many other formats; if it is accessible in ePub, you've taken enormous strides in making it accessible in other formats.<br>
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For info on the ePub format: <a href="http://digitalunion.osu.edu/topic/epub/">http://digitalunion.osu.edu/topic/epub/</a><br>
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On making an ePub and converting from ePub to other formats: <a href="http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/08/27/ebook-guide-part-1/" target="_blank">
http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/08/27/ebook-guide-part-1/</a><br>
On ePubs and accessibility: <a href="http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/09/17/ebook-guide-part-2/" target="_blank">
http://digitalunion.osu.edu/2012/09/17/ebook-guide-part-2/</a><br>
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(these posts are part of a 6-installment posting with instructions on every step of the way. You should be able to get from one post to the next pretty easily. If not, simply search "epub" on the site).<br>
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Good luck!<br>
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Victoria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">
<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a> [athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Gaeir Dietrich [gdietrich@htctu.net]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">I would suggest EPUB and PDF. EPUB will cover those who want audio access or want a mobile solution, and PDF will cover those who want visual access on a computer
or who want to print out sections.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich<br>
High Tech Center Training Unit of the<br>
California Community Colleges<br>
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA<br>
<a href="http://www.htctu.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">www.htctu.net</span></a> <br>
408-996-6043</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">
<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman1.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brusnighan, Dean A.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ATHEN mailing list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] what is the best format for digital publishing?</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Hi,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I have a question about digital publishing of university documents.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Purdue’s Agricultural Communications group wants to produce more publications in digital format. Their desire is to produce publications in one or two standard, accessible formats.
They tell me they will be using Adobe Creative Cloud, so will have the option to publish in many different formats for ereaders or tablets. EPUB is one they are considering.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">They asked me for advice on what format or formats to produce to meet the needs of the greatest number of people. So now I’m asking for your help. What would you suggest? Would
accessible PDF be the best format to reach those multiple platforms? Or is EPUB the way to go?</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks in advance!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dean</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dean Brusnighan</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Assistive Technology Specialist</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Purdue University, Young Hall</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">155 S. Grant Street</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Phone: 765-494-9082</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:dabrus@purdue.edu" target="_blank">dabrus@purdue.edu</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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