Government gives thumbs down to PDF format

By John Hilvert on Dec 1, 2010 10:39AM

Adobe's document format lacks accessibility, says AGIMO.

The central IT office of Australia's Federal Government has requested that agencies consider the use of alternative file formats to Adobe's PDF. The advice follows a study which found that while accessibility of the Portable Document Format (PDF) has improved over time and remains a popular ...

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