[Sigia-l] Labeling a PDF Archive

[Jeff Isom]

I'm working on a project for an organization that publishes magazines monthly.
Currently they archive the magazines in three formats (HTML, PDF, and downloads
for PDAs). The HTML portion is searchable using a third party application
(NextPage's NXT3). The PDF and PDA sections are not searchable. I've tried to
advocate consolidating the three sections into a single interface that allows
the user to search for content once and then view it in the format that best
fits their needs, but currently there is no budget for that sort of a redesign.
 
The current page has three links to get into the content: "HTML" for the
searchable database, "PDF" for the PDF archive, and "Handheld" for the PDA
downloads. We have received feedback that most of our users don't understand
those terms so they don't know what to click on.
 
I'm looking for alternative terms that can be understood by our non-technical
audience. The term PDF seems to be causing the most problems. I know "printer
friendly" is used frequently for PDF pages, but when I've seen "printer
friendly" used, the user is typically within the context of an article so it
makes sense when they get a pop-up window that displays the same article nicely
formatted. In his case, we are actually sending the user to an archive of PDF
magazines. We need a term that adequately describes that the user will see a
digital copy of the printed magazine complete with pictures, formatting etc.
instead of a searchable database of articles.
 
I would appreciate any suggestions on terms used to link to a PDF archive that
can be understood by non-technical users.
 
If you are interested in viewing the page I'm talking about go to
http://www.lds.org/gospellibrary/0,5082,4-1,00.html. (The links are on the
left hand navigation column) WARNING: THIS SITE CONTAINS RELIGIOUS CONTENT.
 
Thanks for any help.
Jeff

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