In the "Table Properties" dialog (have the focus in a table, press applications key then choose "Table properties") is a new pane in Word 2016 called "Alt text" which has room to include a "title" (single line edit) and "description" (multi line edit). THe page includes the instruction:
"Alternative Text
Titles and descriptions provide alternative, text-based representations of the information contained in tables, diagrams, images, and other objects. This information is useful for people with vision or cognitive impairments who may not be able to see or understand the object.
A title can be read to a person with a disability and is used to determine whether they wish to hear the description of the content."
On the Office support page where I found this question: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/01fa2856-2ee4-4047-840b-5e47011f0431/how-to-get-alt-text-of-a-table-in-word-document?forum=vsto
And this reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.word.table_members.aspx
which links to title text: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.word.table.title(v=office.15).aspx
and descr: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.word.table.descr.aspx
In the "Table Properties" dialog (have the focus in a table, press applications key then choose "Table properties") is a new pane in Word 2016 called "Alt text" which has room to include a "title" (single line edit) and "description" (multi line edit). THe page includes the instruction:
"Alternative Text
Titles and descriptions provide alternative, text-based representations of the information contained in tables, diagrams, images, and other objects. This information is useful for people with vision or cognitive impairments who may not be able to see or understand the object.
A title can be read to a person with a disability and is used to determine whether they wish to hear the description of the content."
On the Office support page where I found this question: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/01fa2856-2ee4-4047-840b-5e47011f0431/how-to-get-alt-text-of-a-table-in-word-document?forum=vsto
And this reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.word.table_members.aspx
which links to title text: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.word.table.title(v=office.15).aspx
and descr: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.word.table.descr.aspx