Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker
Run the Accessibility Checker to check your Microsoft 365 files for issues that can make it difficult for people with disabilities to read and use the files.
Video: Inspect files for accessibility issues - Microsoft Support
Use the Accessibility Checker tool to look for accessibility issues in your Office documents. Select File > Info. Select Check for Issues > Check Accessibility. In the Inspection Results, select an issue.
Rules for the Accessibility Checker - Microsoft Support
To help ensure that your Microsoft 365 files are accessible, use the Accessibility Checker, a free tool available in Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, and PowerPoint on Windows, Office for the web, or Mac, and Visio on Windows. It finds most accessibility issues and explains why each might be a potential problem for someone with a disability.
Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with ...
The Accessibility Checker is a tool that reviews your content and flags accessibility issues it comes across. It explains why each issue might be a potential problem for someone with a disability. The Accessibility Checker also suggests how you can resolve the issues that appear.
Accessibility tools for PowerPoint - Microsoft Support
Use the Simplified Ribbon in PowerPoint for the web. Use Search/Tell Me to find the command you want. Find what you need with Microsoft Search in Office. Do things quickly with Tell Me. Set up your device to work with accessibility in Microsoft 365. Accessibility support for Windows. Technical support for customers with disabilities.
Accessibility tools for Microsoft 365 - Microsoft Support
On this page, you'll find accessibility resources for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and tools to make your content accessible for everyone, including people with disabilities. Word. Accessibility tools for Word. PowerPoint. Accessibility tools for PowerPoint. Excel. Accessibility tools for Excel. Accessible templates for Microsoft 365.
Video: Improve image accessibility in PowerPoint - Microsoft …
Tips for improving image accessibility. In addition to color, use text, patterns, or shapes to communicate ideas. Add descriptive alt text to pictures, charts, and other visual objects. Group layered images, like a picture with callout lines, into a single object.
Rules for the Accessibility Checker - Microsoft Support
The following tables itemize the Accessibility Checker rules, what they check for, where to learn how to fix each issue, and why you should fix each one. Note: To make sure your files are as accessible as possible, you should only use tables when they are necessary to present your data.
Create accessible PDFs - Microsoft Support
Add accessibility tags to PDF files to make sure that people who use screen readers and other assistive technologies can read and navigate a document with Tables of Contents, hyperlinks, bookmarks, alt text, and so on.
Make slides easier to read by using the Reading Order pane
Select the Verify object order command. This opens the Reading Order pane: Change the order of objects. Objects are listed in the order that the screen reader will read them in. The number next to each object indicates the position in the sequence. Objects without a number will be skipped because they are marked decorative.
Overview of diagnostic log files for Office - Microsoft Support
When a user runs an Office app, such as Word or Excel, diagnostic information is collected and saved to log files on the user’s device. These log files contain information about the processes and components running in the application, and can help detect, diagnose, and fix issues and help make improvements to Office.