Create a html content pages with a clear and simple structure and consistent layout:

How do you do this?

• Structure your documents, break the content up into manageable chunks (W3C Techniques for page structure)
• Use appropriate headings and sub headings (W3C Techniques for headings)
• Use markup and stylesheets properly (W3C Techniques for stylesheets)
• Keep text succinct and use html formatted lists where appropriate (W3C Techniques for lists)
• Ensure that navigation elements are distinctly delineated, separate from the main content

Why? Breaking the content into sections and using lists increases the readability of the page. Using structural markup eg headings, in all files ie HTML, word processed documents, will ensure that Assistive Technology software can render that page with a structure that aids navigation and comprehension.

• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guideline 3

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These tips may be applied to any web site or Vista course, and are derived from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative but are not intended to reinterpret them. Web developers are encouraged to access the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 1.0, directly.