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From: Rabab Gomaa
Date: Oct 18, 2013 12:48PM

Hello,=20
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I find those pages provide good examples of table simplification.=20
http://wet-boew.github.io/wet-boew/demos/opt-cont/tbl-simp-en.html
http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/data=20
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Rabab
>>> Whitney Quesenbery <whitneyq=40gmail.com> 2013-10-18 2:38 PM >>>
Kurtis,
That=27s a great point. I often work with teams to simplify their
content
into plainer language and clearer presentation. It works for everyone
AND
makes it easier to make documents technically accessible in any
medium.

I talk about it as =22Content for Everyone=22 and find that I get more
traction
that way.

http://www.slideshare.net/whitneyq/content-for-everyone-20599326



On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Kroon, Kurtis=40FTB
<Kurtis.Kroon=40ftb.ca.gov>wrote:

> Another alternative, which we recommend to our content providers, is
to
> simplify the table -- breaking it up into several tables, if
necessary --
> so that it only requires headers with a defined scope.
>
> Of course, it doesn=27t always work that way, but we do try.
>
> Thanks=21
>
> Kurtis Kroon
> Analyst, Web Business Services
> Franchise Tax Board
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