1. HTML or PDF? Overview PDF No extra cost Easy to create and load
Nice layout, print well
All languages
Slow to view/download
HTML
Fast display & browsing
Harder to create
End user display
IT issues
Language restrictions
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2. PDF FILES…
Can be easily and quickly created from any application – therefore, there is no added cost
Are easy to load on any website – no multilingual issues and reduced IT cost
Are getting smaller and smaller – this is especially true for Asian languages
Display and print all languages properly from any computer, although the latest version of the free Acrobat Reader should be installed
Print as displayed – good for fact sheets, handouts to clients
Can be created as high resolution for in-house printing
Are easy to archive
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3. Multilingual HTML files
Language encoding/Unicode
Range of languages supported by browser
Logistics/liaison with webmaster
Testing of the site - Updates/corrections
Cost and Time frame
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4. HMTL or PDF? CONSIDER: Budget Audience Range of languages Time frame
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5. What is Unicode?
A character set that has about characters, as opposed to 256.
It is supported by Windows 2000 and XP, Explorer and all Microsoft Office products.
Which means that you no longer need any special software to display the majority of foreign languages.
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6. Recycling old material
Is rarely possible. (Old fonts with dedicated encoding/keyboard, hardcopy only which means retyping old text, etc…)
However, updates of recently created documents should not be a problem, thanks to the Unicode standard. Make sure you request copies of the electronic files from the translators/translation agency.
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