Text content	Content structure	Creating your document	Formatting your document	Converting MS Word documents	Using PDF	Using OCR	Copyright issues

Overview

Producing text for the web requires particular considerations if the content is to be effectively communicated, and accessible to as many users as possible. Simply saving a printed document as HTML, or scanning it in as an image, is not an effective use of the medium. It is advisable to be aware of issues regarding online literacy, and technical aspects of content production, before you create your web site.

The ‘Reading Online’ site has some interesting papers on the subject of reading and literacy in the educational online environment: http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp.

Issues that are relevant include:

• Content structure
• Creating your document
• Formatting your document
• Converting MS Word documents
• Using PDF (portable document format)
• Using OCR (optical character recognition)
• Copyright issues

These issues are discussed here, and links for further exploration and explanation are provided.

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