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Re: accessible tables in Word?

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From: Michael D. Roush
Date: Nov 3, 2003 3:01PM

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From: "Carol Foster" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:32 AM
Subject: accessible tables in Word?


> I have been looking at options for accessible documents - PDF's, Word,
> etc. The documents I am working with at the moment are fairly simple,
> but have some tables and lists. In Word 2000, they read fairly well
> with JAWS, but I cannot figure out how to identify headers in the
> tables, or if that is possible. I did find the "Heading Rows Repeat"
> option for tables, but that does not seem to be picked up by JAWS, or am
> I missing something?

The "Heading Rows Repeat" feature makes Word encase a row or rows in
<thead>...</thead> tags when the document is saved as a web page. I haven't
found anything yet that makes Word use a <th> instead of a <td>. It may be
there, but it probably has a lot to do with finding the right style to apply
to the table row - if it's even there.



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