{"id":1056,"date":"2024-08-19T17:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T21:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/?post_type=back-matter&p=1056"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:39:54","slug":"word-accessibility-assistant","status":"web-only","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/back-matter\/word-accessibility-assistant\/","title":{"raw":"Word Accessibility Assistant","rendered":"Word Accessibility Assistant"},"content":{"raw":"Word has a built-in tool to check for common accessibility issues.\r\n

Check Accessibility<\/h2>\r\nTo open the Accessibility Assistant<\/b>:\r\n
    \r\n \t
  1. Move to the Review<\/strong> tab<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Select\u00a0Check Accessibility<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nThis opens the Accessibility Assistant<\/strong> panel displaying the following list of issues:\r\n\r\n\"\"Color and Contrast<\/strong>\r\n\r\nHard-to-read text contrast\r\n\r\nMedia and Illustrations<\/strong>\r\n\r\nMissing alt text\r\n\r\nImage or object not inline\r\n\r\nTables<\/strong>\r\n\r\nMissing table header\r\n\r\nUse of merged or split cells\r\n\r\nDocument Structure<\/strong>\r\n\r\nNo headings in document\r\n\r\nDocument Access<\/strong>\r\n\r\nRestricted Access\r\n
    <\/div>\r\nEach of the above will be explored in greater detail in this course.\r\n\r\nIn the Accessibility Assistant panel open\u00a0Settings<\/strong> and check Show accessibility status for the Accessibility Assistant in the Status Bar<\/strong>.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThis adds a message to the status bar to the bottom of the PowerPoint window. The message will update automatically as you add or change content. Accessibility: Good to go<\/strong> means you have no issues.\u00a0Accessibility: Investigate<\/strong> indicates something is broken. Click the message to go directly to the Accessibility panel.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nConsult Microsoft Support for more information about using the accessibility checker<\/a>.\r\n
    \r\n

    Check-in<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

    While the Accessibility Assistant helps flag many errors, it does not check for every possible accessibility issue. In addition to the listed results, this guide explores manual checks you should do to maximize the accessibility of your content.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
    \r\n

    Next Steps<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

    \r\n\r\nReturn to the start here module<\/a> or press your browser's back button to check your documents for accessibility issues.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

    Word has a built-in tool to check for common accessibility issues.<\/p>\n

    Check Accessibility<\/h2>\n

    To open the Accessibility Assistant<\/b>:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Move to the Review<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n
    2. Select\u00a0Check Accessibility<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      This opens the Accessibility Assistant<\/strong> panel displaying the following list of issues:<\/p>\n

      \"\"Color and Contrast<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Hard-to-read text contrast<\/p>\n

      Media and Illustrations<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Missing alt text<\/p>\n

      Image or object not inline<\/p>\n

      Tables<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Missing table header<\/p>\n

      Use of merged or split cells<\/p>\n

      Document Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n

      No headings in document<\/p>\n

      Document Access<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Restricted Access<\/p>\n

      <\/div>\n

      Each of the above will be explored in greater detail in this course.<\/p>\n

      In the Accessibility Assistant panel open\u00a0Settings<\/strong> and check Show accessibility status for the Accessibility Assistant in the Status Bar<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      This adds a message to the status bar to the bottom of the PowerPoint window. The message will update automatically as you add or change content. Accessibility: Good to go<\/strong> means you have no issues.\u00a0Accessibility: Investigate<\/strong> indicates something is broken. Click the message to go directly to the Accessibility panel.<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      Consult Microsoft Support for more information about using the accessibility checker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      \n
      \n

      Check-in<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

      While the Accessibility Assistant helps flag many errors, it does not check for every possible accessibility issue. In addition to the listed results, this guide explores manual checks you should do to maximize the accessibility of your content.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
      \n
      \n

      Next Steps<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

      \n

      Return to the start here module<\/a> or press your browser’s back button to check your documents for accessibility issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1655,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"back-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1056","back-matter","type-back-matter","status-web-only","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/1056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/back-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/1056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3275,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/1056\/revisions\/3275"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/1056\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"back-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter-type?post=1056"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1056"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}