Policy

Stop checking for image watermarks

This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking if a document has image watermarks. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking if a document has image watermarks. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents will be checked for watermarks and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Word 2016 / File Tab / Check Accessibility
Policy ID0807e36fb54f
Internal nameL_StopCheckingForImageWatermarks

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\accchecker\imagewatermarks (enabled) = 0
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\accchecker\imagewatermarks (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking if a document has image watermarks. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking if a document has image watermarks. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents will be checked for watermarks and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker.

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