Making Tables Available for Users with Impaired Vision
MS Windows OS includes tools that help users with impaired vision to use computer programs without feeling any discomfort. In order to generate content that can be interpreted by the Accessibility Tools integrated in MS Windows (such as the Narrator, the Magnifier, and the On-Screen Keyboard), Table Wizard includes an additional tab called Accessibility.
The Narrator uses the information from the Accessibility table fields (heading rows, columns, caption alignment, and summary) to produce tooltip message for each table cell. Users with impaired vision can hear those tooltips as they hover over certain cells with their mouse cursor.
To make the table available for users with impaired vision:
- Right-click inside the table and click the
Table Properties icon in the context menu.
- Click the Accessibility tab.
- Enter a number of rows that will be set as headings in the Heading rows field.
The maximum number of heading rows and columns depends on the total number of rows and columns in your table.
- Enter a number of columns that will be set as headings in your table in the Heading columns field.
- Enter the title of the table in the Caption field.
- Select the position of the caption relative to the table from the Caption alignment field.
- Enter a short description of the table to be vocalized in the Summary field.
- If your table contains heading rows/columns and the information specified in the table cells makes sense only together with the headings, select the Associate cells with headers check box.
The tooltip message for the cells will include the names of the headings.
- Click OK.