Questions tagged [pdf]
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Is `h` a valid heading tag in PDFs? [closed]
I'm configuring a document in InDesign for basic accessibility. The documents I'm working on have unfortunately used h1-h6 tags incorrectly for page hierarchy (basically heading style option 1, style ...
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How to specify which pages NOT to print in PDF? [closed]
I know that you can specify which pages to print using this example notation, 1-5,7,9-12. In this scenario I'm printing pages 1-12 except page 6 & 8. Is it possible to tell the print dialog the ...
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Should PDFs for on-screen reading be split into pages (with a "real" paper size)?
Downloadable PDFs are not a good format for on-screen reading and should be avoided, but sometimes there's nothing we can do about it. That's my case now: I have to design a PDF for on-screen reading (...
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[iOS][Android] Best (pragmatic) practices for showing PDFs
I've been trying to get a consensus on "best practices" for showing PDFs on mobile… but my Google skills have failed me so far.
I manage a bunch of mobile applications, where we sometimes ...
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How to present form elements when a user prints a website page or generates a PDF
I'm working with a client who's product is a large information website. Think like an encyclopedia - they come there to read content and educate themselves.
The vast majority of users just read the ...
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How do we make our users notice there is a second page to the PDF
I work for a non-for-profit whereby our supporters write letters to their children and receive replies. The replies come back in the form of a PDF that has 2 pages:
the first is the reply in the ...
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How do I solve the two column layout challenge for question and answer sections?
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We have a platform where students can take an online assessment anytime and anywhere. We offer this online assessment mainly for English, Science, and Math subjects.
The students need to ...
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Do PDF menus on restaurants' websites make the site not fully accessible?
I'm a UX/UI Design student working on a competitive audit. I'm checking the accessibility of the websites with a screen reader and noticed that restaurants usually have a PDF menu which is not ...
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Validity of PDF for image description
I am talking about a site in which certain images contain mission-critical information. I was wondering: would a solution in which a PDF file is replacing an image description (and ALT) ever be ...
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PDF alternative, responsive for desktop and mobile
I'm working on an application that exports a PDF file with important information for the user to save, and eventually recover.
The PDF format was chosen because it's adequately portable and non-...
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Accessibility when embedding PDF in Word document
I'm creating a Word document at the moment, and there are a number of existing documents that need to be included as appendices. Some of them are Word documents, some are PDF. The most consistent ...
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PDF fixed vs automatic column width
I have a document (a report) with a table structure. It can be exported to PDF. I want to ask, what is better from the UX point of view?
a) Fixed column widths.
Pros: all documents have the same ...
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need recomendation for form that has 300 fields [closed]
if you have 300 fields to complete in your application form.
Do you prefer do it online (fill in the website(e-form), of course with save draft feature so you can come back later) or you just download ...
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Way to fit a more than 20 columns wide table in PDF?
I have a table with more than 20 columns. This table is displayed with scrolling on a website. I have to scale these columns for a PDF export.
Is there a UI pattern that helps fitting these columns ...
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pdf download url on a webpage
I seem to remember that a browser can be configured via a setting to control what happens when a pdf url is clicked. I think the options are something like "Open in new page" or "Open as file". I ...
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How would you highlight a new question on a FAQ list?
A customer recently inquired to have new items highlighted on a faq list (as shown below) within a pdf. Typically faq questions are listed using a bold font weight. However the customer has stressed ...
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Best way to display a PDF and a web form together
I am making an AngularJS app that will help inspectors of different types of heavy equipment to keep track of the inspection during the process.
There are many different pieces of equipment; each ...
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Interactive documents v websites. What research/studies exist to cover when one should be used over the other?
In discussing my question Does any research/study exist on what makes an interactive document better from a user experience perspective? an interesting argument has arisen that using a website is a ...
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PDF: What text color should I use for entered information?
I have several PDF documents that I'm working on that are digitally signed. They include both sigantures and text. I've recently noticed IRS documents that are now using "blue" text for entered ...
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Does any research/study exist on what makes an interactive document better from a user experience perspective?
I am aware that there is a lot of research into page layout methodologies and the flow of design elements (text, diagrams, etc) such as the Gutenberg Diagram, Z-Pattern, F-Pattern, and so on. I'm also ...
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User experience of PDF menus on restaurant websites
Most of us would be familiar with ordering food online from takeaway or fastfood places where the menu is integrated into the ordering form or app. When I recently visited a few restaurant websites ...
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Download button - icon representing the action or subject
When adding an icon to a button labelled 'Download free ebook' one can use an icon to represent either the action (download) or the subject matter (PDF). Which is better? Why? (And is the answer ...
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Best experience for forcing the user to open a form-centric PDF in Reader and not the browser
I have a series of PDF's that are contain a form that must be filled out completely. The form also has a submit button which will save and send the form via email. The intended use case is for the ...
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Which user flow is better for mobile pdf
we have a coupon that must be downloaded and filled out.
In mobile which user flow is better experience:
OPTION A: CTA says 'Get Coupon Here' upon click user goes directly to the pdf (in an html ...
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What Comes After PDFs? [closed]
I do IA for a large manufacturer. Our product catalog has over 500,000 items in it. Each product has at least two PDF documents associated with it. So, at a minimum, we've got a million PDFs in the ...
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HTML vs. PDF -- What are the Pros and Cons of PDF? [closed]
From 2003: http://www.nngroup.com/articles/pdf-unfit-for-human-consumption/
PDF is good for printing, but that's it. Don't use it for online presentation.
Since then more and more devices can ...
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Best way to setup search for large amounts of PDFs etc
My first post here and hoping to get some useful insight and feedback. I'm working on a redesign project (UX & IA) for a local gov't client with a large amount of PDF documents. One of the project ...
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What is the logic behind "Print to save pdf" workflow?
When you print any document in OS X, you can "print" the document as a PDF by accessing a PDF menu at the bottom-left of the print panel, where you can open the PDF in Preview, save it as a PDF or ...
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When is it appropriate to publish ebooks vs. PDF?
Our company has a series of printed publications that need to be added to our website. These publications are strictly informative in nature - no marketing, no advertising, no product features or help....
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Is "Get Adobe Acrobat" still necessary for business websites?
First off I think its important to say this is a business to business website that isn't web / techy related. It's a manufacturing company selling to blue collared contractors.
On our existing site ...
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Placing Adobe pdf into Axure [closed]
Is there a way to place Adobe assets into Axure? I am hoping to place an InDesign-generated pdf into Axure, but placing an indesign or illustrator file directly would be great too.. However, I cannot ...
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Need some bulk download ideas for elderly users
I have a page where users will download pdf statements. Historically they must download them one at a time and this is a point of frustration. I'd like to offer a bulk download option. My first ...
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What is considered to be the best practice regarding making PDF files easily browse-able for mobile users?
What is considered to be the best practice regarding making PDF files easily browse-able for mobile users? Should PDFs be converted to responsive web pages whenever possible?
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Dealing with "Walls of text" and PDF documents
I'm working on a piece for a financial institution in the US - im just wondering if there is a better way to display walls of text. The app itself has maybe about 7 instances of T&Cs of all kinds, ...
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best practices for sending invoices/bills via email
Our B2B mobile app for food delivery to businesses sends an email to the recipient as soon as the recipient accepts the delivery on the delivery driver's mobile app. The email contains the signed ...
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Best Practice For Opening PDFs in a Datatable/Table? [duplicate]
In reference to a question asked back last October "Should PDFs open in a new tab?" I implemented the method of PDFs opening in the current browser tab (as provided to be an answer to the question). ...
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Solutions for PDF embedding?
Background: We run several websites for classified ads. One of them gets some of the ads from an external source as PDF files. We know PDFs aren't ideal, but we have to deal with them somehow.
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