There aren't tab characters in a word table per sé, though most of us use them to create the table.
Tables of contents are a different animal altogether. Many scanning programs scan them as a table, but this is awkward for a speech user and, I suspect a Braille user too. We recommend that tables of contents be converted to text so the user doesn't have to use special commands to move from the chapter name to the page number.
Most short tables should also be treated the same way.However, there are times when tabular presentations work better. For example, if a book gave rainfall amounts for each State in the United States, this would read awkwardly to someone in straight text format, but would become obvious when presented in a tabular format.
Okay, have I spread enough mud around? Bob"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make,"
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Hi Bob!Are there tab characters in tables, or are tables within a book different than a table of contents with tabs?I haven't made a table in Word, so I have no idea what is there. I only have read a table that was printed out from a Word document with the optacon.Debby At 03:39 AM 11/4/2009, Bob wroteYou can do a global find and replace of a tab character, changing them all to a space.No need to do them one at a time. Sure saves on the typing. Bob"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make,"Senator Edward M. Kennedy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:47 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tab Characters in the Table of ContentsHi Monica and everyone! Thanks for the tab command.When stripping out tabs, should I take each one individually or can I do a Replace All command? I would hate to wreck anything that was meant to stay as it was.Debby At 05:13 PM 11/2/2009, Monica Willyard wroteHi Debby. In Word, the tab character is ^t and in Kurzweil, in case you useit, it's \t Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 5:45 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Tab Characters in the Table of Contents Hi Bob! How do I search for a tab character? I don't know what the symbol is? Debby At 09:35 PM 10/31/2009, Bob wrote >Hi Debbie. >I think the bookshare tool takes care of this for you. However, if you >wanted to be sure, you could probably do a gloabal find and replace of >tabs to spaces. > >Bob >>"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of >us>will live on in the future we make," >Senator Edward M. Kennedy>----- Original Message ----- From: "Debby Franson" ><the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:10 PM >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Tab Characters in the Table of Contents > > >>Hi everyone! >> >>The book I am proofing now has tab characters just before each number >>of>>the numbered chapters, right after the number of the chapter, and >>just>>before the page number of the chapter unless it is the first character >>on >>a line, so there is only the chapter number immediately after the tab >>character. They are bumped up against whatever comes before or after >>them. Should I remove them and just put a space in their place? It>>doesn't mess up the formatting of the table of contents, in fact it >>is>>formatted perfectly with the tabs, but I have never seen them in a >>table >>of contents until this book. >> >>Debby >> >> >>-- >>Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just >>dreaming about nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the >>wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT >> >>To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a >>list >>of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject >>line. >> > >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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