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From: Moore,Michael (DARS)
Date: Dec 15, 2009 12:42PM


Where I see this most frequently is with MS Word documents and emails. The "blank" actually makes it easier to tell where a paragraph ends when editing or reading these documents. Most html and pdf tools will easily eliminate the empty paragraphs when converting the documents. A much bigger problem is improperly set up tables and missing headings.

I agree that there is really no reason to leave empty elements in html, especially since the can be quickly removed with any development tool worth using.

Mike Moore
(512) 424-4159

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Randi
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 12:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Question for screen reader users

Oh, I'm getting it now. So it's not for when we typesomething.
Voiceover doesn't say anything. It just goes to the next paragraph.
But I wouldn't care if it did. Seriously, what's the big deal?

~Randi

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