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From: Rabab Gomaa
Date: Jun 5, 2012 9:36AM

Thanks Stella for your email.

My table requires many row headers and column headers which makes me
feel confused.
Are the THs and my association understanding (especially for F and G)
correct?

<table summary="" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<th>Item [A]</th>
<th>Column 1<br> Service, Right, Product, Privilege or Use
[B]</th>
<th>Column 2<br> Fee [C]</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>registration of establishments <br /> 1. [D] </th>
<th>(1) For the registration of an establishment, or the renewal of
an existing registration [E]<br /> <em>(association with D and
B)</em></th>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<th>(a) in the case of an establishment that receives not more than
100&nbsp;000 <abbr title="hectoliter">hL</abbr> of milk per year [F]
<em>(association with D, B and E)</em></th>
<td>$895 per year [G] <em>(association with D, B, E and
C)</em></td>
</tr>
</table>

Thank you very much,
Rabab


>>> Stella Mudd < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 6/1/2012 2:39 pm >>>
You'll need to use table headers:

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H43.html

Take a look at the Complex and Very Complex Data table examples:

http://www.usability.com.au/resources/tables.cfm

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Rabab Gomaa
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> Hello,
>
> How to associate
> - "service abc" cell to "Item 1", "Service" and "Category 1"
headers?
> - "$1" cell to "Item 1", "Service", "Category 1" and service abc ?
>
> (I know that multiple rows/columns headers should be avoided and it
is
> always better to simplify tables however this table is about
legislation
> so it needs to stay as it is).
>
> The table has
>
> Item# Service
> Fee
> —---------------------------------------------------------------
> Item 1 Category 1
> service abc
> $1
> service def
> $
>
> Category 2
> service ghj
> $
> service xyz
> $
>
> Note for Item 1 category 1
>
> Item 2 service
> $
>
>
> Item 3 Category
> service
> $
> service
> $
>
> Category
> service
> $
>
> Thank you,
> Rabab
>
> > > >
>