Like the alt tag in images, the summary tag for tables assists browsers other than visual ones, such as a screen reader.

<table SUMMARY="Red, green and blue rectangles" border=0>
<tr>
<td bgcolor=red> &nbsp;&nbsp; </td>
<td bgcolor=green>&nbsp;&nbsp; </td>
<td bgcolor=blue>&nbsp;&nbsp; </td>
</tr>
</table>

That code will produce the following:


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If you want to find out what a screen reader does with that summary, visit the ibm website and download a trial version of the IBM Homepage reader



-- posted by Palema on 5/16/2002