- From: Bill Kules <wmk@takoma-software.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:03:54 -0500
- To: wai-ig list <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Could someone please explain why/how this affects how Jaws reads the table? Thanks, Bill ---- Tina Marie Holmboe wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:38:47AM -0500, David Poehlman wrote: > > > <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> > > <td WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="17"><font FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> > > <p ALIGN="RIGHT">GS-1</font></td> > > <td WIDTH="49" HEIGHT="17"><font FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> > > <p ALIGN="RIGHT">15,701</font></td> > > <td WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="17"><font FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> > > <p ALIGN="RIGHT">16,225</font></td> > > > > I am referring to the <p> paragraph markers which are being placed in > > the > > cell. These screw up Jaws' ability to properly parse the table. This > > is > > the second table I have seen like this in recent weeks. I suspect > > these <p> > > tags are being generated by an HTML editor. Can anyone shed some > > light on > > their purpose or necessity? > > I believe you are seeing the results of - yet another - hack to achieve > a visual layout. From the above I would make a guess that they are > trying to get extra space on top of the cell, and - as we all know - a > <P> 'makes' extra space. > > But whether it is new ... looks like Frontpage to me; like frontpage > always have done stuff. > > -- > - Tina -- Bill Kules, President Takoma Software, Inc. (301) 891-7271 voice Takoma Park, MD (301) 891-7273 fax http://www.takoma-software.com (240) 460-7376 cellphone/pager wmk@takoma-software.com
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