{"id":254706,"date":"2023-12-22T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quixtec.com\/?p=254706"},"modified":"2023-12-22T12:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:54:06","slug":"sharepoint-tables-new-accessibility-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quixtec.com\/blog\/sharepoint-tables-new-accessibility-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint Tables: New Accessibility Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MC695492 \u00b7 SharePoint Online, SharePoint Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Microsoft Corporation<br>Technical Bulletin MC695492 \u00b7 Published Dec 4, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Message Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accessibility improvements to SharePoint&nbsp;tables within the text webpart allow users to specify row and column layouts, as well as provide alternative text labels for screen readers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/microsoft-365\/roadmap?rtc=1&amp;searchterms=167892&amp;filters=&amp;searchterms=184511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">184511<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When this will happen:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This update will begin rolling out in early January 2024 and should complete for all customers by the end of January 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How this will affect your organization:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authors of SharePoint pages can now make their tables accessible by providing custom labels and indicating heading rows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To access the table accessibility menu, right click into any cell. Here, you can input an accessibility title, and specify which rows or columns function as headers. This is useful to screen reader users because it allows them to know how your data is categorized. You can see this menu in Figure 1 below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net\/cms\/api\/am\/imageFileData\/RW1fcWs?ver=120f\"><br><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net\/cms\/api\/am\/imageFileData\/RW1fcWs?ver=120f\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View image in new tab<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you apply a style to your table, the rows and columns that function as headers in that style are marked accordingly automatically. You can give your table an accessibility label to communicate context of your table. This label will only surface when read aloud by the screen reader. Both features can be seen implemented in figure 2 below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net\/cms\/api\/am\/imageFileData\/RW1f7TT?ver=4244\"><br><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net\/cms\/api\/am\/imageFileData\/RW1f7TT?ver=4244\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View image in new tab<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What you need to do to prepare:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not need to do anything to prepare for this update, but you may want to let your users know about this improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MC695492 \u00b7 SharePoint Online, SharePoint Development From Microsoft CorporationTechnical Bulletin MC695492 \u00b7 Published Dec 4, 2023 Message Summary Accessibility improvements to SharePoint&nbsp;tables within the text webpart allow users to specify row and column layouts, as well as provide alternative text labels for screen readers.&nbsp; This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID&nbsp;184511 When this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":241515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48,25],"tags":[12,15,4],"class_list":["post-254706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sharepoint","category-sharepoint-online","tag-admin-impact","tag-new-feature","tag-user-impact"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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