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Just noticed that \eb and \ee are not in Chris's latest (that I'm using for POP, maybe it's in the MWE one). I use these all the time, so suggest adding them back into .sty:

%% For equation arrays
\newcommand{\eb}{\begin{eqnarray}}
\newcommand{\ee}{\end{eqnarray}}

When my Redbanded and Chris's Arrowtooth assessments are published, look at using Chris's tidied up style file for the future, and create a working example, and list of rules to abide by.

So in the header for Redbanded and Yelloweye .tex assessments (not give here), I redefined

\usepackage{relsize}
\renewcommand{\sum}{{\mathlarger{\mathlarger{\mathlarger{\mathlarger{\mathlarger{\Sigma}}}}}}}
% Crude fix to \sum encoding issues. Get:
% LaTeX Font Warning: Size substitutions
% with differences (Font) up to
% 1.6414pt have occurred.
% Use \Sigma in inline mode $\Sigma $

because the web accessibility check on the .pdf gives encoding errors. I presume this is because it is encoded as \sum not as \Sigma, doing the renewcommand above fixes this. However, the \Sigma is not centered around the centerline for fractions, so it doesn't look as good as the default \sum (i.e. \sum does it sensibly).
Also, with \sum_{i=1}^n you now get subscripts and superscripts (after the Sigma), rather than below and above like you properly get with the default. Again, Latex knows what it's doing.
I didn't fix this for current assessments but it would be good. Maybe it involves delving into the original \sum definition, rather than my crude \Sigma fix.

Have tried numerous times - see .sty file. Rowan may have a fix (and Jaclyn from 2012?).

There's one rule I couldn't quite automate - the new offshore person may be able to help when he starts, since he's previously written .bst files.

One of the requirements for web accessibility is 'alternate text' for .pdf readers.

Could try looking at the last comment of

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/75102/need-alt-text-for-images-in-pdf-for-screen-readers

which says:

" You can use PDF tooltips with the pdfcomment package. Then the 'alt' text (aka tooltip) is read!

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{pdfcomment}
\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}
one two three

\pdftooltip{\includegraphics{img.png}}{This is the ALT text}%

four five six
\end{document}
"

Would be good to create a wrapper so that we can still use dvips and ghostview on the .ps file, in case this command doesn't work in .ps. Have to investigate.

In the comments it says:

%% Use the following codes for references within the document:
%% chap: appendix
%% sec: section
%% subsec: subsection
%% fig: figure
%% tab: table
%% eq: equation

but you shouldn't do this for equations, since they're done automatically (as the default label). Best to stick with this I think in the guidelines? Or at least mention it, as it is the standard.