Hi Denis,

Many thanks for the info. The cells in the table do not span so, if I
understand you correctly, I need not do any thing more?

Pranav
At 07:49 AM 1/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
 >Pranav,
 >
 >You have some very good questions:
 >
 >In terms of using the table tags such as <th>...</th>, that is
 >sufficient if it is clear from the tags at the end of each row and
 >column what the meaning of the content of a cell is.  You may, at
 >times, have more than one row of header, or a single cell that spans
 >several columns or rows of data.  In these cases, there is cell level
 >mark-up  that indicates which header cells relate to an individual cell.
 >
 >The use of style sheets rather than tables applies only to using tables
 >for page layout - the positioning of information on the page.  CSS
 >positioning does the same thing, and can result in a readable page if
 >the layout is linearlized.  But for tabular data, tables are perfectly
 >OK.  However, you might consider using CSS if you are formatting the
 >content of the cells rather than <font> </font> or other such tags.
 >
 >
 >Pranav Lal wrote:
 >
 >
 >>Hi all,
 >>
 >>I am using a Java server page to generate a large table. The table has
 >>about 8 columns and could have several rows. I am using table tags as
 >well
 >>as the <th>, </th> tags to indicate header rows and the <td> and </td>
 >tags
 >>to indicate table cells and data in those cells. I can read the table ok
 >>using JFW but I need to know if there is any thing else that I need to
 >do
 >>to make this table accessible.
 >>
 >>One thing that has me confused is the use of style sheets. I read the
 >web
 >>accessibility guidelines and they seemed to imply that one should use
 >style
 >>sheets to create tables? Does this man that it is better not to use the
 >>table tags and to use style sheets instead? Or, they are talking only
 >about
 >>layout?
 >>
 >>Also, there is mention of abbreviating column headings by using
 >>abbreviation tags in the column headers. How necessary is this? I ask
 >since
 >>there is no need for my column headings to be abbreviated. The column
 >>headings are like Gross Revenue, Other Charges etc.
 >>
 >>Pranav
 >>
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