Office 2024 PDF Accessibility
Article• 11/26/2024
Accessibility of PDFs exported by Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is greatly improved in
Office 2024, Office LTSC 2024, and Microsoft 365 Version 2408 and later. This page has a
summary of the improvements to help add-in developers and template providers adapt
to the changes.
NumberImprovement Word Excel PowerPoint
1 Document has <Document> tag Yes
2 Chart has <Figure> tag with Alt Text Yes Yes Yes
3 Add-in has <Figure> tag with Alt Text Yes Yes Yes
4 3D Model has <Figure> tag with Alt Text Yes Yes Yes
5 Ink has <Figure> tag with Alt Text Yes Yes Yes
6 Animated Ink has <Figure> tag with Alt Text Yes
7 Table with Alt Text has <Figure> tag with Alt Text Yes
8 SmartArt has single <Figure> tag (no <Figure> tags for
child elements)
Yes Yes Yes
9 SmartArt without Alt Text has <Figure> tag Alt Text set
to text outline of SmartArt
Yes Yes Yes
10 Group with Alt Text has single <Figure> tag (no
<Figure> tags for child elements)
Yes Yes
11 Graphical Object other than Shape without Alt Text has
<Figure> tag with blank Alt Text
Yes Yes Yes
12 Shape with whitespace text or no text has <Figure> tag
with blank Alt Text
Yes Yes
13 Shape with Equation without Alt Text or Decorative has
<Formula> tag with Alt Text
Yes Yes
14 Shape with non-whitespace text without Equation, AltYes Yes Yes
Summary
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