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• Introduction and Background
• Guidelines by Chapter
• Sources
• Glossary, Indices, and Appendices

Introduction and Background

• Foreword (4 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/foreword.pdf
• Introduction (2 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/introduction.pdf
• Background and Methodology (2 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/background.pdf
• How to Use this Book and the Guidelines (2 pages)
  http://usability.gov/pdfs/how_to_use.pdf
• Contributors (2 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/contributors.pdf

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Guidelines by Chapter

• Chapter 1 – Design Process and Evaluation (6 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter1.pdf
• Chapter 2 – Optimizing the User Experience (6 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter2.pdf
• Chapter 3 – Accessibility (4 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter3.pdf
• Chapter 4 – Hardware and Software (3 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter4.pdf
• Chapter 5 – The Homepage (5 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter5.pdf
• Chapter 6 – Page Layout (6 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter6.pdf
• Chapter 7 – Navigation (6 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter7.pdf
• Chapter 8 – Scrolling and Paging (3 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter8.pdf
• Chapter 9 – Headings, Titles, and Labels (5 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter9.pdf
• Chapter 10 – Links (8 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter10.pdf
• Chapter 11 – Text Appearance (4 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter11.pdf
• Chapter 12 – Lists (4 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter12.pdf
• Chapter 13 – Screen-based Controls (Widgets) (10 pages)
  http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter13.pdf
• Chapter 14 – Graphics, Images, and Multimedia (7 pages)
  http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter14.pdf
• Chapter 15 – Writing Web Content (5 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter15.pdf
• Chapter 16 – Content Organization (5 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter16.pdf
• Chapter 17 – Search (4 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/chapter17.pdf

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Sources/Bibliography (13pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/sources.pdf

Glossary, Indices, and Appendices

• Glossary (4 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/glossary.pdf
• Content Index (7 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/index.pdf
• Author Index (5 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/author_index.pdf
• Appendices (6 pages) http://usability.gov/pdfs/appendices.pdf

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