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Re: Tables and Excel: merged or unmerged cells?

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Apr 16, 2012 8:55AM

Hi Bevi, it's ok to merge the header cells like in your Excel example. The important thing is to not merge the cells in the actual data section of the table. I used to do training on Word & Excel accessibility and I have heard people recommend not to merge any cells at all but it's not a problem unless you merge the data cells which could mess up the users ability to navigate with the up/down/right/left arrow keys.

Paul J. Adam
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Deque Systems
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