PDF or HTML

A quick check to see if we advise your document should be published as a PDF or an HTML page or set of pages.

Disclosure: There is a slight bias built into this form towards HTML, that is because HTML is more accessible and generally faster to download.

PDF or HTML
1. How popular will the document be?	Very popular: applies to all workplaces	Intermediate	Not popular: applies to very specific occupational group or workplace.
2. Will the document have links to webpages or other documents?	Lots of links	One or two	No links to external documents
3. Is it a large document?	Short: less than 10 pages	Intermediate: between 10 and 25 pages	Long: more than 25 pages
4. How do you perceive people will use this?	People need to use this at the screen.	May be read on screen or printed and used off screen.	People will print it and read away from the screen
5. Branding, how important is it that this document always has the current HSE brand?	Very, its high profile HSE guidance	The document should have the corporate brand, but is not high profile.	This document will not have the corporate brand.
6. When design of the document is as important as the content (e.g. poster)	The content is of primary importance.	The content is important, but there are specific concepts that require large complex diagrams to portray.	The design is the document, e.g. a poster.
7. Consistency:	Previous documents were HTML	Not important	Previous documents were PDF