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HTML Fast display & browsing Harder to create End user display IT issues Language restrictions. PDF No extra cost Easy to create and load Nice layout, print well All languages Slow to view/download. HTML or PDF? Overview. PDF FILES….
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HTML Fast display & browsing Harder to create End user display IT issues Language restrictions PDF No extra cost Easy to create and load Nice layout, print well All languages Slow to view/download HTML or PDF? Overview www.langpro.com.au
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 www.langpro.com.au
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 www.langpro.com.au
HMTL or PDF? CONSIDER: • Budget • Audience • Range of languages • Time frame www.langpro.com.au
What is Unicode? • A character set that has about 90 000 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. www.langpro.com.au
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. www.langpro.com.au