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From: Wyant, Jay (MNIT)
Date: May 22, 2013 1:24PM

Olaf, et al,

Jenison's link (http://adod.idrc.ocad.ca/) also stated to "Create a text summary of the essential table contents. Any abbreviations used should be explained in the summary." Unless that summary is in the document body , then I presume it means to place it in the alt text. Which calls for a very brief summary, along with abbreviations.

Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan E. Benson [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:30 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Guidelines for tables in Word

Olaf, I interpreted the alt text feature in Word 2010 akin to the summary attribute in HTML, and MS used alt text versus summary because of the KISS principle.

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Ryan E. Benson


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Olaf Drümmer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Kay,
>
> what purpose would the Alt text serve? Do you apply to the whole table?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Olaf
>
> On 21 May 2013, at 21:50, Wyant, Jay (MNIT) wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > Just to give you a quick break from web-based issues, here's a
> > question
> re accessible Word documents: What steps would you deem essential to
> creating accessible tables in Word? There are many possible steps (see
> the list, below), but which are essential? (References are for Word
> 2010)
> >
> > - Assign a header row (table tools ribbon)
> > - Assign first column (table tools ribbon)
> > - "Repeat as header row at the top of each page" (via Table
> > Properties,
> Row tab)
> > - Alt text (via Table Properties, Alt text tab)
> > - Bookmark (via Insert ribbon, links tab)
> > - Caption (References ribbon, Captions tab)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jay
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