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Re: Save Excel Table as Tagged PDF?

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From: Colin Osterhout
Date: Nov 8, 2019 1:15PM

My simple test with the Office 365 version on Mac (version 16.30) with
saving a file to PDF (both Excel and PDF attached) and examining in Adobe
Acrobat DC (build: 19.21.20049.354971) doesn't seem to show that the table
was marked up properly. Table rules which failed as indicated from the
Acrobat accessibility checker:

- Rows
- TH and TD
- Headers
- Regularity
- Summary

But of course I could just be doing it wrong. I'm pretty green in the
document accessibility space.

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 11:09 AM Laurie Kamrowski < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi there!
>
> I don't know why, but I have always had to remediate every table I have
> ever generated in any office software to ensure that it is done correctly.
> I am just relieved that I don't have to redraw/redeclare every cell. Then
> again, I am a control freak and a perfectionist so I actually enjoy
> ensuring that the cells are declared correctly and the table is stitched
> together.
>
> I have not tried to use Office 365 (the version my school gives to
> students) to attempt this, though.
>
> Laurie Kamrowski
> She/Her/Hers
> Accessibility Specialist
> Mid Michigan College
> > > > >


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