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Table and Spreadsheet Review

Word itself will not pass header information to a screen reader
You can help the user by either including header information in the document or telling them some other way
JAWS users will need to use insert V command and define row and columns for table reading
In Excel decide on headers and go to insert name and definition to tell Excel the RowTitle and ColumnTitle which will be part of the spreadsheet. This will be recognized by JAWS

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Table and Spreadsheet Review

Word itself will not pass header information to a screen reader

You can help the user by either including header information in the document or telling them some other way

JAWS users will need to use insert V command and define row and columns for table reading

In Excel decide on headers and go to insert name and definition to tell Excel the RowTitle and ColumnTitle which will be part of the spreadsheet. This will be recognized by JAWS