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Re: Check Accessibility of Office Document...on a Mac

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From: John E. Brandt
Date: May 22, 2016 9:18AM

Not sure if others have already answered this...MS announced on 5/19 that the accessibility checker would be coming to MSO for Mac by December 2016.

John E. Brandt
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Pyatt
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:56 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Check Accessibility of Office Document...on a Mac

Hello:

I think I may know the answer already, but is there any easy way to check the accessibility of any Office doc on the Mac platform?

AFAIK:

1. The Mac version of Office does not yet have a built in accessibility checker. You have to manually check each image for ALT text and make sure your document is correctly structured with headings, clear link text, tables with headers….

2. The only other method I know of is to install a Windows emulator with Office for Windows. Then you can open your document and use the Windows built-in checker or any other Windows-powered Office checking tool.

If I am missing anything, I would definitely love to know….

Thanks
Elizabeth


Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D.
Co-Chair Accessibility Technology and Information Committee

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