Policy
Stop checking whether blank characters are used for formatting
Microsoft Office 5532.1000
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
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.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\accchecker\blankcharacters | REG_DWORD | 0 | 1 |
Policy elements
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This policy has no additional user input fields.
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