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doesn’t contain some of the elements mentioned above, tag the related element
with the Reading Order command. Alternatively, re-create the table in the
authoring application and then convert it to a tagged PDF.
To set ColSpan and RowSpan attributes for table elements, please do as the following:
1. Right-click a <TD> or <TH> element in the Tags panel and choose Properties…
from the context menu.
2. In the pop-up Object Properties dialog box, click Edit Attribute Objects in the
Tag tab.
3. In the Attributes dialog box, select Attribute Objects and then click New Item
to create a new Attribute Object dictionary.
4. Expand the created dictionary, select the Layout attribute, and click Change Item.
5. Change the Layout value to “Table” and click OK.
6. Then click the created dictionary and click New Item.
7. In the Add Key and Value dialog box, type “ColSpan” or “RowSpan” in the Key box,
enter the number of columns or rows spanned in the Value box, choose Integer
from the Value Type menu, and click OK.