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From: Jamous, JP
Date: Aug 17, 2016 2:26PM

I tried to check out a few documents with it, but I got no reports. I use JAWS 17.

Isn't it supposed to show the issues under the Info tab in Office 2013 for Windows?




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Jean-Pierre Jamous
Digital Accessibility Specialist & Developer
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:24 PM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility Checker - Office 2016 for Mac

Here are the rules that the Accessibility Checker uses:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Check-for-accessibility-issues-A16F6DE0-2F39-4A2B-8BD8-5AD801426C7F

Cheers, Karen

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of John E. Brandt
Sent: August 17, 2016 3:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility Checker - Office 2016 for Mac

First, you need the latest version of MS Office (MSO) for Mac, which is the 2016 version, and you need the latest updates that came out a few days ago (August updates). If you subscribe to Office 365, you can install MSO on up to five devices (Macs, Windows and IOS devices or any combination) and they all update automatically. You may need to run the MS Update to ensure that you have the latest updates. BTW, the update for PowerPoint came out 2-3 days after the ones for Excel and Word.

Basically, the Accessibility Checker (AC) is a tool that reviews your document and cites issues related to accessibility following most of the standard WCAG rules (e.g., Headings, ALT description, etc.). There are some additional "Warning" things that MS has thrown in like "Repeated blank characters."

See "Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)": https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict/

When you use the AC tool, a new window pops up with the list of Errors and Warnings, and when you click on the individual Error or Warning, a description appears below explaining (Why fix?) and the steps needed to mitigate the error.

The tool is good for training people who are new to accessible design and in enterprise situations where you know your documents are going public. It is particularly helpful with large documents when trying to find all of the glitches can take a long time.

The AC has been available in the Windows version of MSO since I think 2010, so it is long overdue in the Mac version.

~j

John E. Brandt
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jamous, JP
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2016 9:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility Checker - Office 2016 for Mac

Folks,

I really don't have the time to learn about this checker, but I do have a Mac book pro and the name caught my attention.

Can someone give me bullet points on what it does to see if it behooves me to have it? Thanks a bunch.
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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of L Snider
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 4:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility Checker - Office 2016 for Mac

I have the insider's fast build and PowerPoint now has it, so it should go live to others soon I would guess. Finally!!!

Cheers

Lisa

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 2:19 PM, John E. Brandt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Confirming that Word and Excel for MSO for Mac 2016 updated (on Aug 6)
> and NOT PowerPoint (still using July update). So Accessibility Checker
> is still not available for PowerPoint in Mac.
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> ~j
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> John E. Brandt
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> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of John E. Brandt
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 2:59 PM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility Checker - Office 2016 for Mac
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> Finally.
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> MS Office for Mac 2016 - August update includes the Accessibility
> Checker that was previously available in Windows versions.
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> This report says it is available in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but my
> update today (dated Aug 6) only updated Word and Excel.
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> https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-new-and-
> improved-in-Office-2
> 016-for-Mac-44d5a464-3051-41b0-b44e-c6cee569f545?ui=en-US
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> Find the AC under Review tab in the menu - sorry I don't see the
> keyboard equivalent.
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