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Tables that span multiple pages

Tables that span multiple pages

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Tables that span multiple pages

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- When tables span multiple pages, problems can occur regarding the accessibility level of those documents. Let's take a look at an example, and I'll walk you through some considerations to keep in mind when dealing with tables that span multiple pages. Now, beginning here with the 02_02 document open, and this contains a table that has a list of baking substitutions, right? So, certainly useful information for our cookbook, but it's a table that starts on the left hand page and continues on the right hand page. Now that's all well and good. There's some things that are happening in this table that are beneficial for sighted users, right? One of which is the table head row, that the header row, is repeated on concurrent pages. And that's really helpful. If you think of the context of somebody flipping through a book, when they get to the next page, if the header's missing, they're going to be like, oh, well, what's the…

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