PDF at ACT Chief Minister and Cabinet

DEVELOPING CONTENT BEYOND PDF Policy and Cabinet Division ACT Chief Minister and Cabinet Directorate Department

Evolving Web Presence - Background
Nearly all publications are produced in PDF Format-PDF seen as the standard for publications on the web
PDF focus of/only web content associated with a project
Priority given producing publications – web content an after thought
Content presented as a list of PDFs (Publications)
Complex documents difficult and time consuming to develop succinct summaries or overviews for web content
Accessibility is an issue:
No bookmarking
Scanned documents
Attempt have .doc format also available

Redeveloping Web Presence (1)
Factors to Change
Redeveloping the Division’s web presence division priority
Increase of division’s publications access through the website
Coincided with a review of Chief Minister’s Department website
Desire to promote and engage the community on the work of the Division

Restructure of Web Content
Content structured according to projects
Provide overview and summaries of projects and publications to minimise the need to download documents
Change to support .pdf publications with html web content on screens

Restructure of Web Content
Content structured according to projects
Provide overview and summaries of projects and publications to minimise the need to download documents
Change to compliment .pdf publications with html web content on screens

Lessons Learned
Culture the biggest challenge
Still in the process of moving towards a project, rather than publication focus
Time needs to be given to develop specific web content and PDF content
Need to train staff in content management and writing
Focus on the user - what they want and need
Education – Staff, Publishing Services, Executives

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