[jaws-uk] Re: Tables in Word questions
- From: "Marie Baisez" <marie.baisez@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 14:24:28 +0200
It Does Indeed, thanks a lot George!
Marie
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:40 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Tables in Word questions
> Hi Catherine,
>
> The wording could be better.
>
> Essentially "non-uniform" means that a row could in fact
> span more than one column. (Or indeed a column could span
> more than one row.)
>
> Let me try and give you a simple example.
>
> Let's say we have a table where there are twelve columns
> representing the months of the Year. Each column would have
> a heading - Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, etc..
>
> And let's just say for simplicity's sake that under each
> those headings we just have one row of 12 cells.
>
> Our table is therefore "uniform" in so much as we
> effectively have 2 rows of 12 cells.
>
> However, this table does not tell us what YEAR the months
> represent. =20
>
> So we add another row at the top. But instead of it being a
> row of 12 cells, we "merge" the 12 cells into one single
> cell, spanning the 12 columns below, and centre the year in
> that one cell.
>
> Because this top row is now the width of the table, but is
> only one cell, our table is no longer "uniform".
>
> Does that help explain things a little?
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Catherine
> Turner
> Sent: 09 May 2006 12:21
> To: Jaws-Uk
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Tables in Word questions
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm having trouble navigating round some tables in a Word
> document and have some questions.
>
> 1. Why is it in some tables when I try to move around by
> pressing alt control arrows JAWS says "end of row" (if I try
> to go right), yet if I press tab it does move to the cell to
> the right?
>
> 2. Why does JAWS sometimes say "selected" when I press tab
> to move around the table?
>
> 3. In looking for help I went into the JAWS help topic
> about tables in Word. It says this about non uniform
> tables:
>
> "Non uniform tables are tables with rows that span more than
> one column, or columns that span more than one row."
>
> Am I missing something, or isn't it true to say that most
> tables have columns that span more than one row and rows
> that span more than one column?=20
> If not, the table would consist of a single row and a single
> column...?
>
> Catherine
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