<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Howard:</div><div><br></div><div>There is detailed information for both questions in the new tables and columns document at</div><div><a href="http://karlencommunications.com/handouts.html">http://karlencommunications.com/handouts.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>We use the Alt attribute for tables to provide structural info about the table such as this table spans two pages, has x columns and y rows, has merged or split cells...that type of information.</div><div><br></div><div>For captions on tables, use the caption tool...select the table to see this option in the context menu/right mouse click or AppKey.</div><div><br></div><div>Captions for tables optimize accessibility when they come before the table. They let someone with a learning, cognitive or visual disability know what type of information they will find in the table.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><div><br></div><div>The handouts have samples of accessible and inaccessible content.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, Karen <br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On May 20, 2015, at 1:45 PM, Howard Kramer <<a href="mailto:hkramer@ahead.org">hkramer@ahead.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello All:</div><div><br></div><div>I'm in the process of creating some videos and other resources on accessibility. One of the things I'm looking at is the Accessibility Checker in Word an PowerPoint. I notice that the checker flags for missing table alt text. In the demo document I'm using I have a caption (just normal text centered under the table) and introductory text for the table. I would think alt text would be redundant in this case but since this is going to be a training tool I want to ensure I'm correct on this.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for any help.</div><div><br></div><div>-Howard </div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div>Howard Kramer</div><div>Conference Coordinator</div><div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div>303-492-8672</div><div>cell: 720-351-8668</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:14px;background-color:rgb(249,248,243)">AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability</span></div><div><br></div></div>
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