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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> >
wrote:

> > We're under the impression that they should be within the <Table> tag,
> in a row at the bottom. Essentially in a footer row.
>
> 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.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jonathan
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