Tables and Columns

There are real advantages to using the built-in features in Microsoft Word to create tables and columns.

  • If the text style or size is changed the information will still be correctly formatted
  • People relying on text to speech will hear information in the correct sequence
  • Screen reader users will be able to navigate and make sense of tabular information.
  • Update & Approve

To explore these further, open the following document:

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Examples to illustrate accessible and inaccessible formatting to create tables and columns

Techniques

Office 2012

Word 2010: Create a table (Office Online)

Word 2010: Create newsletter Columns (Office Online)

Office 2007

Word 2007: Create a table (Office Online)

Word 2007: Add newspaper columns to a document (Office Online)