Policy

Stop checking for table header accessibility information

This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from verifying that tables have a header row specified. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from verifying that tables have a header row specified. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, tables will be checked for header rows and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Word 2016 / File Tab / Check Accessibility
Policy ID 9ab73cb1200a
Internal name L_StopCheckingTableHeaderAccessibilityInformation

Registry

Copy registry mappings

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

Policy notes

This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from verifying that tables have a header row specified. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from verifying that tables have a header row specified. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, tables will be checked for header rows and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker.

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