Accessibility.

Better sample page for LIFT: tables for data (1).

Using tables to present data

The table below has been made accessible by first removing the bold formatting and then by using the LIFT "Fix Wizard":

Travel Expenses Report
  Meals Hotels Transport subtotals
San Jose        
25 Aug 1997 37.74 112.00 45.00  
26 Aug 1997 27.28 112.00 45.00  
subtotals 65.02 224.00 90.00 379.02
Seattle        
27 Aug 1997 96.25 109.00 36.00  
28 Aug 1997 35.00 109.00 36.00  
subtotals 131.25 218.00 72.00 421.25
Totals 196.27 442.00 162.00 800.27

If you wanted to make the table easier to read by highlighting some sections, you can so this in the stylesheet, rather than by adding background colours to table cells in the HTML.

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