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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">You can't make split/merged cells accessible in Word. There are options in HTML and maybe PDF (I'm not sure about that), but both take advanced skills - and a lot more time.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Villanueva, K-leigh <kvillanueva@Lee.Edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 23, 2018 4:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Complex tables (splitting and merging cells)</font>
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<div>Hi All, </div>
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<div>We are training faculty!!! How do we make a table accessible with merged or spli cells? THANKS! K-LEIGH</div>
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