#### 35.1.4 Overriding the default accessibility method

You can use settings in the [TableAccess] section to override, for selected tables, the corresponding [Tables] default settings; everything you can set in [TableAccess] has a document-wide default in the [Tables] section.

You can specify overrides that apply to table groups, to tables of a certain format, and to individual tables. You can even use wildcards to specify tables that are not explicitly grouped.

Use these settings to specify accessibility-method overrides:

    [TableAccess]
    ; table ID = method list (overrides default in [Tables]); Can
    ;  override [Tables]AccessMethod policy with NoAccess, Scope, or IDs.

For example:

    [TableAccess]
    ac254360=NoAccess
    Group5=IDs
    Format A=HCols1 HRows2 Scope

To override the default method for all tables for rows, columns, row groups, or column groups, use one of the row or column markup methods instead; see:

§36.2 Using the scope method to identify table cells

§36.3 Using the id/headers method to identify table cells

To override attributes at the cell level, use one of the table-cell markup methods instead; see:

§35.2.2 Using paragraph formats for table-cell attributes

§35.2.3 Assigning table-cell attribute values with dedicated formats

§35.2.4 Assigning table-cell attribute values with PI markers

Note: If you specify a default method for all tables (see §35.1.3 Specifying a default accessibility method), do not also use an override to apply the same method to an individual table; the result is duplicate attribute assignments. See §22.14.4 Avoiding redundant attribute assignments in tables.

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Next Topic: 35.2 Associating table cells with header cells

Parent Topic: 35.1 Identifying table rows and columns

Sibling Topics:

35.1.1 Developing a strategy for row and column markup

35.1.2 Comparing scope and id/headers accessibility methods

35.1.3 Specifying a default accessibility method

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