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The Table Editor

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The Table Editor

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- [Instructor] Tables typically require some massaging for full compliance. Some important things to remember about tables is that every table needs to have a header row. It could be a row header or a column header, but regardless, it needs a header row. Additionally, when cells are merged in a table, the appropriate span attribute needs to be applied to avoid the common regularity error that appears when checking your file Tables are covered under WCAG Success Criteria 1.3.1, Info and Relationships. So I'm working in the 04_09 document here, and I'm going to open up my Tags pane, and I'm going to scroll down to where I have some tables in this document. And if I click on that first table, we're going to see here that I have a table for health insurance that I need to make compliant. Now, what might be worth taking a look at real quickly, I mean I've organized these tables appropriately, but if I go to All Tools, Prepare for Accessibility, and choose Check For Accessibility, we're…

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