<div dir="ltr">Hello All:<div><br></div><div><div>I'm developing a MOOC with a couple of colleagues on Inclusive eLearning and I have a section on alt text for Word Tables. I've noticed some examples of alt text for tables which are very minimal in the information provided - basically just the structure of the table and if there were merged cells. Do you think this example provides too much information in the alt text? </div><div><br></div><div>Alt text: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">“This is a 4 column by 9 row table with 2 header rows and 7 data rows. The first row has one header for Data Source which spans column 3 and 4 above the names of the two research firms in row 2. The second row headers are Rank, Manufacturer and the names of the two research firms: Gartner and International Data Corporation.”</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I will also recommend that the first 2 rows be designated as repeating header rows in Word and will add a "true" caption on top.</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-bc822859-5115-7541-e001-8e3fb596b2b5"><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="75"><col width="130"><col width="106"><col width="233"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data Source</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rank</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Manufacturer</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gartner</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(208,206,206)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">International Data Corporation (IDC)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Samsung</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">24.6%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">24.5%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nokia</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">13.9%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">13.8%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc." style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apple Inc.</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8.3%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8.4%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Electronics" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LG</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.8%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.8%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZTE" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ZTE</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.3%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,0,128);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Huawei</span></a></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.0%</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Others</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">34.0%</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:4px 8px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.83272727272727;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">46.4%</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> Top Five Worldwide Total Mobile Phone Vendors, 2013</span></p><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div></span><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance.</div><div>-Howard</div></div><div><br></div><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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