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Re: Save Excel Table as Tagged PDF?

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From: L Snider
Date: Nov 8, 2019 3:54PM

Laurie,

What version of Office are you using? Mac or PC?

Cheers

Lisa

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 2:15 PM Colin Osterhout < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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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