Ana:
I'm trying to remember if you're still using JAWS. If you are, one thing that might help you would be to change the table setting so that it recognizes all tables. I usually do this by pressing insert+6, then backwards tabbing once to select which JAWS setting I wish to make the change to (you can do all by going to the top of the list), then tabbing over to user settings, arrowing down to web, pressing the right arrow once, then arrowing down to Tables, then pressing the right arrow, arrowing down to Data tables Only, pressing the Spacebar, and tabbing over to OK and pressing the Spacebar again. Since I don't use tables in the way you are describing, I don't know how effective this will be, but it does force JAWS to recognize all tables, regardless of their type. Good luck!
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Ted Chittenden
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Subject: [VICUG-L] Working in Non-Uniform Tables
Hi All,
I'd like any tips you can offer for navigating non-uniform tables.
At work, I need to read information that appears to be set up as tables within tables. There's one master table that contains all the day's cases. Each case appears to be its own smaller table, showing people, dates, and so on. The first row of the smaller table spans several columns, but the smaller table may be next to one or two columns of additional information in the larger table. Though I'm not positive, the number of rows in the smaller tables seems to vary depending on the number of people involved.
I'm trying to figure out an efficient way to jump from one case to another. I've tried using the jump-to-table command, but it seems to recognize only the master table. I've tried moving to Row X, but I don't really know how to do this because there's so much going on.
I have found one trick that works well, but there's a but. The case numbers are a combination of letters and numbers. When the case number includes an unusual letter combination, like CEJ or CEFL, I can run a search for that letter combination. But when the case number has single letters like F or M, then I need to find another way to read the information.
Any ideas?
Ciao
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