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From: Bruna Poletto Salton
Date: Thu, May 19 2011 7:06AM
Subject: header and footer on a Word document
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Hello everyone,

Does any of you know if screen readers can interact and read information
inserted on a header or footer of a MSWord document?

Thank you!

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Bruna Salton
Web development and accessibility tests
Virtual Accessibility Project
www.bento.ifrs.edu.br/acessibilidade
(+55) (54) 3455 3219
Bento Gonçalves - RS - Brazil

From: Karlen Communications
Date: Thu, May 19 2011 7:18AM
Subject: Re: header and footer on a Word document
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Yes, if they choose to go into the header or footer. It is not something
that is read automatically. It is easy to go into a header or footer but not
something we normally do unless we are creating a document.

Some people put the title of the document in a header...just say no.

Anything you want us to read goes into the main body of the document not a
header or footer.

Cheers, Karen

From: Bruna Poletto Salton
Date: Fri, May 20 2011 7:00AM
Subject: Re: header and footer on a Word document
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Thanks a lot for your help, Karen.

Regards,
Bruna

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Karlen Communications <
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> Yes, if they choose to go into the header or footer. It is not something
> that is read automatically. It is easy to go into a header or footer but
> not
> something we normally do unless we are creating a document.
>
> Some people put the title of the document in a header...just say no.
>
> Anything you want us to read goes into the main body of the document not a
> header or footer.
>
> Cheers, Karen
>
>

From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Fri, May 20 2011 1:15PM
Subject: Re: header and footer on a Word document
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Hi, Karen,

There are a lot of people here who like using watermarks, and we've started getting them into the habit of using Headers and Footers instead for watermark-like information (draft, confidential, etc.), for the ease of reading a document for those individuals with vision impairments but still have usable vision and for the rest of us who are just aging (some more gracefully than others <smile>). And then there are things like page numbers, which Word automatically puts into the Footer.

Any thoughts on how to 'satisfy' everyone?

Have a great weekend all!

Gary M. Morin, Program Analyst
NIH Office of the Chief Information Officer
10401 Fernwood Rd, Room 3G-17
Bethesda, MD 20892, Mail Stop: 4833

(301) 402-3924 Voice, 451-9326 TTY/NTS
Videophone (240) 380-3063; (301) 402-4464 Fax

NIH Section 508 Team: mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ?subject=Section 508 Help or, for Section 508 Guidance, http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/index.html


WHAT IF THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED WAS, "WHAT IS SO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SITUATION THAT IT JUSTIFIES EXCLUSION? INSTEAD OF, "HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE?"

From: ckrugman
Date: Mon, Jun 13 2011 1:48AM
Subject: Re: header and footer on a Word document
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yes, there is no problem with screen readers reading headers and footers in
Word.
Chuck
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Hello everyone,

Does any of you know if screen readers can interact and read information
inserted on a header or footer of a MSWord document?

Thank you!

--
Bruna Salton
Web development and accessibility tests
Virtual Accessibility Project
www.bento.ifrs.edu.br/acessibilidade
(+55) (54) 3455 3219
Bento Gonçalves - RS - Brazil