The Microsoft Office 365 Accessibility Checker is a simple, built-in tool that helps you find and fix accessibility issues in Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets. You’ll find it under the Review tab—just select Check Accessibility to get started.

The Accessibility Checker scans your file for common accessibility problems. It tells you why each issue might create barriers for people with disabilities and offers suggestions to fix them. While it's a great first step, it won’t catch everything. It’s still important to manually review your content to make sure it’s fully accessible.

GSA Training Article: 

Before sharing or publishing your document, presentation, or spreadsheet, run the built-in Accessibility Checker to make sure your Microsoft Office content does not have easily identifiable accessibility issues.

• Use Document Accessibility Checkers

You Tube Training Video:

In this video from the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), you'll learn how to use the Accessibility Checker effectively.

• Using Microsoft’s Accessibility Checker
• Video playtime: 5:11

You Tube Training Short:

Think Microsoft Word’s Accessibility Checker finds every issue? Not quite! In this quick YouTube short by Shawn Jordison, see what the tool might overlook.

• Accessibility Checker – What It Misses
• Video playtime: 0:54

Additional Resources:

• VCSU One Stop Resource Hub
• VCSU One Stop Toolkit
• Microsoft: Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker