{"id":1146,"date":"2024-06-27T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T14:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ucf.edu\/accessibility\/?p=359"},"modified":"2024-08-08T21:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T21:53:40","slug":"tables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/accessibility\/tables\/","title":{"rendered":"Tables"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tables are an excellent way to display complicated data in an easy-to-read format. Why is it important to designate header rows and columns? Assistive technologies, such as screen readers, use HTML formatting information, including headers, to communicate table structure. Users of screen readers greatly benefit from tables that are formatted with row and\/or column headers because they make content easier to comprehend (See Figure 1).<\/p>\n

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Figure 1: A table displaying data with the appropriate row and column headers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tables should be used to display tabular data rather than using tables to achieve a page layout as demonstrated in Figure 2 below.<\/p>\n

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Figure 2: A table used to achieve a page layout which is not recommended.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Best Practices<\/h2>\n