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From: Angela French
Date: Sep 22, 2010 1:45PM

It is my understand that when the data (under a column heading) also serves as the header for its row, that the use of <th> for that row is not necessary. Can anyone confirm that or not for me? You can see and example on my site here: http://checkoutacollege.com/ExploreCareers/TopJobs.aspx . This page is failing an automated accessibility check because I did not use the <th> on the row. I used <td scope="row"> instead.

Thank you,



Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4316
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