Policy

Stop checking whether blank characters are used for formatting

This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking to ensure that multiple consecutive whitespace characters have not been used for formatting. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking to ensure that multiple consecutive whitespace characters have not been used for formatting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents will be checked for consecutive whitespace usage and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Word 2016 / File Tab / Check Accessibility
Policy ID 944fdafa02c4
Internal name L_StopCheckingBlankCharactersUsedForFormatting

Registry

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

Policy notes

This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking to ensure that multiple consecutive whitespace characters have not been used for formatting. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking to ensure that multiple consecutive whitespace characters have not been used for formatting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents will be checked for consecutive whitespace usage and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker.

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