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Re: Q: Table footnotes in Word

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Mar 13, 2015 4:08PM

I concur

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Ryan E. Benson

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> > We're under the impression that they should be within the <Table> tag,
> in a row at the bottom. Essentially in a footer row.
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> I would consider placing footnotes in a table a accessibility violation as
> that information isn't tabular data. I believe the idea of the tfoot
> element was for column summaries -- not other data that applies to the
> table as a whole.
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> Best Regards,
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> Jonathan
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Q: Table footnotes in Word
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> Question for Word users:
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> We have a client requesting that tables in Word have their footnotes (and
> other notes and sources) after the table, outside the <table> tag.
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> We're under the impression that they should be within the <Table> tag, in
> a row at the bottom. Essentially in a footer row.
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> WCAG is not clear on this for Word tables.
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> Your opinion?
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