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Re: Tables and Excel: merged or unmerged cells?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Apr 16, 2012 9:03AM

Paul

Thanks for rewording my email more eficiently :) that is precisely
what I meant to say.


On 4/16/12, Paul J. Adam < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
> Accessibility Evangelist
> Deque Systems
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> www.PaulJAdam.com
> @pauljadam on Twitter
>
> On Apr 14, 2012, at 9:13 PM, Bevi Chagnon wrote:
>
>> Since neither the email nor the attachments came through with the test
>> tables, I've uploaded them to:
>> http://www.pubcom.com/508tests/
>>
>> --Bevi
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