{"id":36347,"date":"2026-04-27T13:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/?p=36347"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:39:23","slug":"digital-accessibility-tip-word-accessibility-checker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/27\/digital-accessibility-tip-word-accessibility-checker\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Accessibility Tip: Word Accessibility Checker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microsoft Word\u2019s built-in accessibility checker helps you make your documents accessible. It scans your document and provides tips on how to make sure everyone can access your document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">Learn how to use the accessibility checker in Word with MedTech\u2019s five-minute tutorial and download the College of Medicine\u2019s accessible Word template.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/tech.medicine.wsu.edu\/technology\/digital-accessibility\/word\/accessibility-checker\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tView Tutorial\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does the Accessibility Checker catch everything?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Not always. Reviewing your document and using your knowledge of digital accessibility should always be the first step. Use your best judgement, and if you identify something you feel would reduce accessibility (such as color contrast) that the accessibility checker isn\u2019t flagging, adjust the color regardless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital Accessibility Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital accessibility is everyone\u2019s responsibility. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.medicine.wsu.edu\/technology\/digital-accessibility\/digital-accessibility-basics\/\">MedTech Digital Accessibility Basics<\/a> page to get started and stay tuned as the team develops more resources. For additional information, visit the WSU <a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/\">Digital Accessibility<\/a> hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to easily make accessible lists in Word with MedTech\u2019s five-minute tutorial and download the College of Medicine\u2019s new accessible Word template. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25158,"featured_media":31554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[33],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36348,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36347\/revisions\/36348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36347"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=36347"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=36347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}