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Topic: RE: Tables and TOC entries (Via Email)
Conf: (P-PDF) PDF Accessibility, Msg: 131552
From: Duff_Johnson
Date: 4/22/2005 04:55 AM

> (1) How do you handle a table that covers multiple pages but
> doesn't have the headers repeated on each page? What's the
> best way to make the table accessible?

You should treat each subsection of the table as a separate table for
tagging purposes. Then, repeat the header information for each
subsection via alt. text.

> (2) In a large document (80 or so pages) with a long table of
> contents, should you make the page number of each TOC entry a
> link to the actual page as you might do on a web page? Would
> the screen reader user be able to go right to that page if desired?

There's nothing wrong with a linked Table of Contents, but it adds very
little value in accessibility terms. Instead, focus on making good
bookmarks instead, which are far more useful to screen-reader users than
most on-page Table(s) of Contents, linked or no. Other (non-disabled)
users really appreciate bookmarks as well.

Duff Johnson
Document Solutions, Inc.
http://www.document-solutions.com