Creating PDFs

Linking to PDFs

Comply with the following conventions when creating a hyperlink to a PDF file:

Keep the 'name' of the link short and precise.
To indicate the type and size of the file, use the standard format - left round bracket, acronym for type of file, comma, space, size in kilobytes, space, lowercase 'k', uppercase 'B', right round bracket -
for example, (PDF, 42 kB).
If the file type is obvious from the context in which the link appears, you may not need to include the acronym - for example,
These guidelines (42 kB) are also available in PDF format.
Notify the user that Adobe Reader is required to view PDFs.

Note: It is essential to use an uppercase 'B' when referring to kilobytes (kB) to differentiate from kilobits (kb).

To link your web page to the PDF files:

Create a short but descriptive 'contents' list, including a brief summary of the contents of each separate file if the 'name' in this list is not self-explanatory.
Create a hyperlink to each PDF file from the relevant 'name' in the 'contents' list, following the same conventions as are used for linking to single PDFs.

See the linking example for multi-part PDFs