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Re: Office 365 Accessibility Announcement from Microsoft

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Sep 8, 2016 12:36PM

Elizabeth Pyatt wrote:
> I am not sure how to get an update. Has anyone been able to do that or get information?

You must have Word 2016 for Mac. Go to Help... Check for Updates to
get the latest updates. This adds a Tools... Check for Accessibility
option to run the checker.

When saving to PDF, there is an option for "Best for electronic
distribution and accessibility (uses Microsoft online service)". Of
note is that unlike Word on Windows which generates the tagged PDF
directly, you can only generate a tagged PDF using this option and the
online service - it sends your document to an online service and then
saves the PDF file locally for you. It's quite transparent, but could
be a security concern for some people.

Jared