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Howdy Krista - always good to see a post here from you.
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<div>Tristen is spot on. I'd also add that JAWS and NVDA do a great job of announcing when cells have been merged and which cell rows/columns are included in the merged area. I have never encountered a situation where merged cells posed a problem. </div>
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<div>Hope you're doing well, friend. </div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Justin</div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone (and most likely transcribed by Siri)</div>
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On Sep 8, 2018, at 3:25 PM, Tristen Breitenfeldt (Wipro Ltd.) <<a href="mailto:tristenbreitenfeldt@gmail.com">tristenbreitenfeldt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Krista,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you are doing well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From a screen reader accessibility perspective, merging cells in Excel is fine and in some cases highly preferable. For example, when you have a row title which needs to apply to multiple consecutive rows, i.e., students with the last
name Smith; Smith, Jane and Smith, John.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope that helps.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tristen Breitenfeldt<o:p></o:p></p>
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