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Re: lift and complex tables

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From: Moore, Michael
Date: Mar 7, 2007 6:50AM

Lift just tests tables, it does not make them accessible. The free
editions of the WAVE, WebXact, and Cynthia Says will also allow you to
test simple and complex tables. Making complex tables accessible
requires the application of id attributes to the th elements and
matching those ids to the proper cells using the header attribute in the
td element. This can be done using any editor capable of editing web
pages. Dreamweaver, for instance has a good wizard for creating
accessible tables, or if you just want to be hard core, you can do
everything in notepad.

Mike