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From: Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)
Date: Sep 29, 2017 6:21AM

The SCOPE method won't work reliably with a tables that don't have a strict horizontal or vertical association. By setting the SCOPE to col(umn), it should actually be reading it in front of the cells above it, too, which would not be desirable. The first thing I would try is making it two separate tables, or some other simplification approach. Otherwise, you'll need to use the HEADER/ID method, where each TH is assigned a unique ID, and each TD has a HEADERS attribute with the correct IDs as values.

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