Check for accessibility issues while editing

This policy setting controls whether accessibility issues are checked for automatically while the user is editing a document. By default, accessibility issues aren't checked for automatically.

If you enable this policy setting, accessibility issues are checked for automatically and users won't be able to turn it off. The status bar will indicate if accessibility recommendations are available to make the document more usable by people with disabilities.

If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, accessibility issues won't be checked for automatically while editing a document. Users can turn on automatic checking by going to File > Options > Ease of Access.

Supported on: At least Windows 7

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options
Value Nameenableacccheckerstatusbaritem
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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