Microsoft Word for Mac Office 365
Accessibility Conformance Report published by Microsoft
Conformance by level
Reported by the vendor. WCAG Level AA is the benchmark referenced by ADA Title II, Section 508 and the European Accessibility Act; Level AAA is optional and often left unevaluated.
Level A — 30 criteria
- Supports
- 16
- Partially supports
- 6
- Does not support
- 0
- Not applicable
- 8
- Not evaluated
- 0
Level AA — 20 criteria
- Supports
- 14
- Partially supports
- 3
- Does not support
- 0
- Not applicable
- 3
- Not evaluated
- 0
Level AAA — 28 criteria
- Supports
- 0
- Partially supports
- 0
- Does not support
- 0
- Not applicable
- 0
- Not evaluated
- 28
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All reported criteria (78)
| Criterion | Name | Level | Conformance | Remarks from vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 | Non-text Content | A | Supports | |
| 1.2.1 | Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.2 | Captions (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.3 | Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) | A | Not Applicable | |
| 1.3.1 | Info and Relationships | A | Partially Supports | - Other Word views will experience limitations when working with assistive technology compared to print layout view (ex. reading mode, focus mode, or Outline mode). Recommend use of default view of print layout if working with screen readers and other assistive technology- Users are not notified when AutoFormat UI appears and hidden text and paragraph marks aren't announced when show/hide formatting is enabled.- Legacy form controls and Tables created in compatibility versions of Word (.doc files) are not fully supported by AT- Microsoft Word exposes the details of document structure and formatting in saved files according to published document format specifications. Where supported, Word for Mac also exposes such information programmatically to platform accessibility APIs. Some document structure or formatting, including auto correction actions, and movement of shapes, may not be recognized or reported by currently available AT. - Comments do not indicate state such as resolved or reply to assistive technologies.- Under certain circumstances the platform-provided assistive technology delays announcement of an action until after it has announced the title of a new user interface element created in response to that action.- VoiceOver does not announce misspelled words immediately after they have been typed. You can navigate to any text in the document to hear if it contains a misspelling. |
| 1.3.2 | Meaningful Sequence | A | Supports | |
| 1.3.3 | Sensory Characteristics | A | Supports | |
| 1.4.1 | Use of Color | A | Supports | |
| 1.4.2 | Audio Control | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.1.1 | Keyboard | A | Partially Supports | - When a document is marked as not editable (for example, read only, protected), users cannot access text inside text boxes. Users may be able to work around this issue by making the document editable.- There is a known issue with the platform-provided alerts that prevents keyboard-only activation of links in alerts.- Some chart types that allow movement of chart elements using the mouse, don’t support movement of these elements using the keyboard.- The handles for adjusting some attributes of shapes cannot be adjusted using a keyboard.- When navigating into an Office Add-in with VoiceOver enabled, users must press the [Esc] key to navigate out of the Add-in. Office provides instructions through VoiceOver when a user navigates to an Add-in to inform users of this requirement.- Ink authoring requires a pen, touch, or mouse input. It is not keyboard accessible.- Controls inside the Authentication Options page are not accessible by using keyboard. |
| 2.1.2 | No Keyboard Trap | A | Partially Supports | - There is a known issue with the platform-provided Color Picker dialog that may trap keyboard-only users when using the 'Image from File' option. |
| 2.1.4 | Character Key Shortcuts | A | Supports | |
| 2.2.1 | Timing Adjustable | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.2.2 | Pause, Stop, Hide | A | Supports | |
| 2.3.1 | Three Flashes or Below Threshold | A | Supports | |
| 2.4.1 | Bypass Blocks | A | Supports | |
| 2.4.2 | Page Titled | A | Supports | |
| 2.4.3 | Focus Order | A | Partially Supports | - Keyboard navigation via the Find bar can be inefficient. This includes not consistently bringing keyboard focus back to the same location in the document when navigating between the Find bar and the document. - When using a screen reader with the navigation pane, keyboard focus stays on the next result button, and cannot move to the pages thumbnails of the results. Users can F6 into the canvas to read the context of each find result. The find and replace dialog is the recommended path for AT users, not the navigation pane. |
| 2.4.4 | Link Purpose (In Context) | A | Supports | |
| 2.5.1 | Pointer Gestures | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.5.2 | Pointer Cancellation | A | Not Applicable | |
| 2.5.3 | Label in Name | A | Supports | |
| 2.5.4 | Motion Actuation | A | Not Applicable | |
| 3.1.1 | Language of Page | A | Supports | |
| 3.2.1 | On Focus | A | Supports | |
| 3.2.2 | On Input | A | Supports | |
| 3.3.1 | Error Identification | A | Supports | |
| 3.3.2 | Labels or Instructions | A | Supports | |
| 4.1.1 | Parsing | A | Partially Supports | - VoiceOver search commands only work in the visible section of the document.- Microsoft Office exposes the details of document structure and formatting in saved files according to published document format specifications. Where supported by the platform, Office apps for Mac also expose such information programmatically to platform accessibility APIs. Some document structure or formatting, including object layout and appearance (such as color and position), may not be recognized or reported by currently available assistive technologies.- Column information may not be announced when using assistive technology, such as screen readers. You can inspect the column properties using the layout tab of Word's ribbon to work around the issue.- Tracked change table and formatting interactions of inserted, deleted, merged, and split may not be announced when using assistive technology, such as screen readers.- Assistive technologies can access equations and provide descriptive text output, but may omit some information about equation font formatting or the existence of comments. Some advanced features of AT may be impacted while accessing equations, such as verbosity controls or output to Braille. |
| 4.1.2 | Name, Role, Value | A | Partially Supports | The style descriptions in the advance table of content dialog and other content galleries may not be clear using a screen reader. Instead, automatic content can be used reliably. |
| 1.2.4 | Captions (Live) | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.5 | Audio Description (Prerecorded) | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 1.3.4 | Orientation | AA | Supports | |
| 1.3.5 | Identify Input Purpose | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.3 | Contrast (Minimum) | AA | Partially Supports | - Users who change the Learning Tools Page Color to "inverse" will not be able to see selection or their cursor if they have Increase Contrast enabled. |
| 1.4.4 | Resize text | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.5 | Images of Text | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.10 | Reflow | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.11 | Non-text Contrast | AA | Partially Supports | - Changed areas for co-authoring doesn't meet contrast ratio vs. the white background by default, color can be customized via the track changes UI.- Colors for tracked change insertion/deletion of table rows/cells do not meet 3:1 contrast ratio.- In some non-blocking scenarios, some non-text elements of the share dialog may not have sufficient contrast- Some keyboard focus borders do not meet the minimum 3:1 contrast ratio. |
| 1.4.12 | Text Spacing | AA | Supports | |
| 1.4.13 | Content on Hover or Focus | AA | Supports | |
| 2.4.5 | Multiple Ways | AA | Partially Supports | When searching application preferences, the search results control is not fully exposed to assistive technologies. |
| 2.4.6 | Headings and Labels | AA | Supports | |
| 2.4.7 | Focus Visible | AA | Supports | |
| 3.1.2 | Language of Parts | AA | Supports | |
| 3.2.3 | Consistent Navigation | AA | Supports | |
| 3.2.4 | Consistent Identification | AA | Supports | |
| 3.3.3 | Error Suggestion | AA | Supports | |
| 3.3.4 | Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) | AA | Not Applicable | |
| 4.1.3 | Status Messages | AA | Supports | |
| 1.2.6 | Sign Language (Prerecorded) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.2.7 | Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.2.8 | Media Alternative (Prerecorded) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.2.9 | Audio-only (Live) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.3.6 | Identify Purpose | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.6 | Contrast (Enhanced) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.7 | Low or No Background Audio | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.8 | Visual Presentation | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 1.4.9 | Images of Text (No Exception) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.1.3 | Keyboard (No Exception) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.3 | No Timing | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.4 | Interruptions | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.5 | Re-authenticating | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.2.6 | Timeouts | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.3.2 | Three Flashes | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.3.3 | Animation from Interactions | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.8 | Location | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.9 | Link Purpose (Link Only) | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.4.10 | Section Headings | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.5.5 | Target Size | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 2.5.6 | Concurrent Input Mechanisms | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.3 | Unusual Words | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.4 | Abbreviations | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.5 | Reading Level | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.6 | Pronunciation | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.2.5 | Change on Request | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.3.5 | Help | AAA | Not Evaluated | |
| 3.3.6 | Error Prevention (All) | AAA | Not Evaluated |
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