SharePoint: Accessibility Improvements to Page Authoring

Originally posted by Microsoft Aug 21, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

To support accessibility best practices, we’ve made some improvements to the Page
authoring experience.

1 – Added functionality to mark images as decorative. Decorative images will be ignored by assistive technology, including screen readers. This addition has been made to the following: background image of the Title Region, images added inline with the Text Web Part, Image Web Part, Image Gallery, Hero, Call to Action, and Quick Links.

2 – Changed the heading level 1 to be reserved for the page title in the title area. Headings can still be added to a page at levels 2-4 using the web parts. This makes it easier for users of screen readers to understand how your page is structured.

Product	SharePoint
Release phase	Targeted Release
Release date	September CY2023
Platform	Web
Cloud Instance	GCC High, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), DoD, GCC
Created	2023-08-19
Roadmap ID	146063
Roadmap Link	https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?featureid=146063