Policy

Check for accessibility issues while editing

This policy setting controls whether accessibility issues are checked for automatically while the user is editing a presentation. 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 presentation 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 presentation. Users can turn on automatic checking by going to File > Options > Ease of Access.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 / File Tab / Check Accessibility
Policy ID efd8fdf21372
Internal name L_BackgroundAccessibilityCheckerInformation

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\options\enableaccchecker (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\options\enableaccchecker (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether accessibility issues are checked for automatically while the user is editing a presentation. 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 presentation 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 presentation. Users can turn on automatic checking by going to File > Options > Ease of Access.

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