Policy
Check for accessibility issues while editing
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting controls whether accessibility issues are checked for automatically while the user is editing a document. 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 document 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 document. Users can turn on automatic checking by going to File > Options > Ease of Access.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options Value name enableacccheckerstatusbaritem | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.