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Re: Does MS Word support marking up of complex data tables?

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Jul 12, 2017 3:29PM

Word has only rudimentary table mark up (first row header). Converting to
PDF or HTML requires manual markup enhancement as the semantics are not
provided by Word.

Jim

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
> Can anyone tell me please, if current versions of MS Word support the
> marking up of complex data tables ? I am unable to find anything on the
> web. I know that as of Word 2010 it was not possible to structurally
> associated merged or split data cells with their associated headers. But I
> don't know about more recent versions.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Angela French
> Internet/Intranet Specialist
> Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> www.sbctc.edu<;http://www.sbctc.edu/>;
>
> > > > >



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