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[css2] Sprinkled some extra WAI notes into the prose
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‎css2/cascade.src‎

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<TITLE>Assigning property values, Cascading, and Inheritance</TITLE>
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"!important" rules.
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"!important" rules. This CSS feature improves accessibility
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of documents by giving users with special requirements (large
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fonts, color combinations, etc.) control over presentation.
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‎css2/generate.src‎

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<span class="propinst-list-style-image">'list-style-image'</span> has
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displayed. The value 'none' specifies no marker, otherwise there are
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three types of marker: glyphs, numbering systems, and alphabetic systems.
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three types of marker: glyphs, numbering systems, and alphabetic
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systems. <strong>Note.</strong> Numbered lists improve document
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accessibility by making lists easier to navigate.
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‎css2/intro.src‎

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<P><STRONG>Accessibility</STRONG>. CSS has several
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features designed to
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make the Web more accessible to users with disabilities:</p>
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<P><STRONG>Accessibility</STRONG>. Several CSS
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features will make the Web more accessible
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to users with disabilities:</p>
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<li>Improved media support, including media groups and the
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braille, embossed, and tty media types.
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<LI>Properties to control font appearance allow authors
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to eliminate bit-mapped text images.
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When designers add style to text rather than
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representing text through images,
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human users (and robots) can reap more information from pages.
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<li>Positioning properties allow authors to eliminate
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mark-up tricks (e.g., invisible images) to force layout.
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<LI>The semantics of <tt>!important</tt> rules mean
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that "the user can always win" in the cascade. This allows
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users with particular needs (large fonts, color combinations,
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etc.) to override the author's styles.
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that "the user can always win" in the cascade.
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Users with particular needs (large fonts, color combinations,
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etc.) can always impose the styles they require.
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<li>The new 'inherit' value for all properties
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improves cascading "generality". For instance:
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<PRE class="css-example">
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BODY { font-size: 12pt }
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P { font-size: inherit }
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<LI>The aural properties give control over voice and audio output.
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<LI>Access to alternative content through attribute
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selectors, the 'attr()' function,
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<LI>Counters and section/paragraph numbering. These allow
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users with braille/tty devices an alternative to
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outlines. <!-- What does this mean? -->
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<LI>Generated content.
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<li>Improved media support, including media groups and the
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braille, embossed, and tty media types, will allow users and
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authors to tailor pages to those devices.
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<LI>Aural properties give control over voice and audio output.
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<LI>The attribute
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selectors, 'attr()' function,
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and 'content' property give access to alternate content.
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<LI>Counters and section/paragraph numbering can improve
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document navigability.
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<P>Furthermore, by allowing designers to add style to text rather than
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<div class="note"><P> <em><strong>Note.</strong> For more information
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about designing accessible documents using CSS and HTML, please
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consult [[-WAI-PAGEAUTH]].</em>
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<dt><strong><a name="ref-WAI-PAGEAUTH"
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for designing accessible documents are
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-WAI-PAGEAUTH">http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-WAI-PAGEAUTH</a>.
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‎css2/syndata.src‎

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<em><strong>Note.</strong>
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Although colors can add significant amounts of information to document
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and make them more readable, please consider that certain color
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CSS2's positioning schemes help authors make their documents
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