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 Lists are often overlooked as an accessibility feature, but the ability to move quickly and effectively through long lists of points is a key reading need. Lists are often overlooked as an accessibility feature, but the ability to move quickly and effectively through long lists of points is a key reading need.
  
-Unfortunately, you will see in many ebooks it's still the case that lists are rendered as anything but proper lists (i.e. you'll often see a new paragraph for each item, or manual line breaks to separate entries, etc.)+Unfortunately, you will see in many ebooks it's still the case that lists are rendered as anything but proper lists (i.e. you'll often see a new paragraph for each item, or manual line breaks to separate entries, lists in tables etc.)
  
 When a reader has to traverse every item in the list one item at a time to get to the end, or listen to the entire list from beginning to end, the problems of bad markup become more pronounced. Properly tagging lists is a small measure that can greatly decrease reader frustration. When a reader has to traverse every item in the list one item at a time to get to the end, or listen to the entire list from beginning to end, the problems of bad markup become more pronounced. Properly tagging lists is a small measure that can greatly decrease reader frustration.
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 For more information on how to continue ordered lists with breaks please see this [[https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cqQXodtpvR| tutorial]]. For more information on how to continue ordered lists with breaks please see this [[https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cqQXodtpvR| tutorial]].
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 +<note>Here is a video tutorial on [[https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c3QQbkVOQFs|How to apply Ordered and Unordered lists in MS Word]].</note>
  
  
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 A: Yes, using H2 for Canada, with the underlying content a nested list, seems like a logical structure. A: Yes, using H2 for Canada, with the underlying content a nested list, seems like a logical structure.
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 +Q: I'm working on the Cooking for Two cookbook. I know that we format something as a list, even when it isn't presented that way in the source file, and we previously discussed formatting the recipe variation sections as lists. My questions is to what degree do I format these sections as lists? Should I just make each sentence a list? Or when there is a list within a sentence should I use a nested list? This often occurs when they are listing what to substitute. I've been debating back and forth, and I know consistency is important. I'm a bit in the weeds on this and really appreciate your help. The following are two instances of what I'm referring to regarding the sections that need to be lists.  
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 +A: The general rule is if it is a list, or can be a list (i.e. directions, items separated by commas, etc.) then it should be formatted as such. I am going to download the book and take a look more at the pages again. I will update this space once I have a clearer idea of the changes in the book.
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 WCAG 2.0 - H40: [[https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H40.html|Using description  lists]] WCAG 2.0 - H40: [[https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H40.html|Using description  lists]]
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