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RE: Table Column Headings

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From: Karl Groves
Date: Nov 3, 2003 8:42AM

Please remember that accessibility is NOT just about the blind. There is a wide array of potential special needs that must be addressed by accessible design.
Please also remember that Accessibility is a part of a greater whole that is Usability. Proper table structure is helpful for all people, regardless of disability.
Based upon your other reply to this discussion, it appears that the page is broken to begin with and that you're attempting to hide the header row to compensate for the broken page. In many instances in the corporate environment, we don't always have control of everything as we should. But if you can control it, you should fix the whole page instead of resorting to a workaround.

Karl L. Groves, Certified Master CIW Designer
E-Commerce Manager
NASA Federal Credit Union
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Upper Marlboro, MD 20774

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Fax: 301-390-4531

Opinions expressed in this e-mail represent only myself and are not in any way to be taken as the words or opinions of my employer.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Harshbarger [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:16 AM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Table Column Headings
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to hide a table's header row so that it is not
> visible in the
> browser, but so that screen readers will still speak the header row
> information?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
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