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From: Lee, Samson (HRSA) [C]
Date: Apr 9, 2008 12:00PM
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I have a data table that looks like this:
Age
Type
Many Words1 Blah Blah Blah
Many Words2 Blah Blah Blah
Total
Male
Female
Male
Female
10 - 20
TypeName1
TypeName2-This name is long
20 - 30
TypeName1
TypeName2-This name is long
I'm trying to simplify the table format for accessibility while keeping
it intuitive from usability's point of view.
There are two options I can think of:
Option 1:
TypeName1
Age
Many Words1 Blah Blah Blah
Many Words2 Blah Blah Blah
Total
Male
Female
Male
Female
10 - 20
20 - 30
TypeName2-This name is long
Age
Many Words1 Blah Blah Blah
Many Words2 Blah Blah Blah
Total
Male
Female
Male
Female
10 - 20
20 - 30
This gets rid of the spanned rows in the header column, but it has two
tables with the same header rows, which doesn't seem to be intuitive.
Option 2:
Age & Type
Many Words1 Blah Blah Blah
Many Words2 Blah Blah Blah
Total
Male
Female
Male
Female
10 - 20: TypeName1
10 - 20: TypeName2-This name is long
20 - 30: TypeName1
20 - 30: TypeName2-This name is long
This option keeps everything in one table and it is simplified. I like
this better than Option 1, but I wonder if I can improve even more. Any
thoughts?
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