jdeems

I found an even better solution. I edited part of your websimon_tables.php file to add the submenu for any users who have “read” access by replacing the ‘manage_options’ line with ‘read’ as shown here:

//Add a submenu page
function websimon_tables_menu_items() {
	add_submenu_page( 'tools.php', 'Websimon Tables', 'Websimon Tables', '<strong>read</strong>', 'websimon_tables', 'websimon_tables_plugin_page');
} 

/*
*	function that displays all admin pages
*/
function websimon_tables_plugin_page () {
	if (!current_user_can('<strong>read</strong>'))  {
		wp_die( __('You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.') );

This allows access to your plugin without displaying the Settings menu in the dashboard for authors, editors, etc. Sorry to hijack this thread and thanks again.

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Thank you for such a wonderful plugin; however, the plugin is only available to Administrators on our websites. Do you have a work around for that?
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Update:
As fast as I asked the question, I found the answer. I installed the “User Role Editor” plugin and checked the “manage_options” selection to my contributor/author/editor roles and viola. This isn’t the best option as it makes the Settings menu available as well, but it will work for now. I will just remind everyone to stay out of that area. Thanks for all your efforts!