Office Remediation

Name: Office Remediation
Author: community-access

community-access/accessibility-agents

174 installs
381 repo stars
Updated August 4, 2026
community-access/accessibility-agents

Repair Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF exports for headings, tables, alt text, reading order, and color contrast before distribution to employees or customers.

About

Skill for remediating Microsoft Office and exported PDF accessibility: headings, lists, tables, alt text, links, and reading order. Helps teams publish inclusive documents that screen readers and keyboard users can navigate without manual rework after export.

Heading styles and logical outline
Table headers and merged-cell fixes
Image alt text in slides and docs
Reading order in PDF export
Contrast-safe theme adjustments

Office Remediation by the numbers

174 all-time installs (skills.sh)
Ranked #271 of 688 Office & Documents skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)

npx skills add https://github.com/community-access/accessibility-agents --skill office-remediation

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repo stars	★ 381
Last updated	August 4, 2026
Repository	community-access/accessibility-agents ↗

What it does

Repair Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF exports for headings, tables, alt text, reading order, and color contrast before distribution to employees or customers.

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Office Remediation Patterns

API reference and code patterns for programmatically fixing accessibility issues in Microsoft Office documents.

python-docx Patterns (Word .docx)

Operation	Code
Set document title	`doc.core_properties.title = "Title"`
Set document language	Set `<w:lang w:val="en-US"/>` on `<w:rPr>` via lxml
Fix table headers	`row.cells[0]._tc` → set `<w:tblHeader/>` on first row `<w:trPr>`
Add alt text to images	Set `descr` attribute on `<wp:docPr>` via lxml
Fix heading levels	Reassign `paragraph.style` to correct `Heading N`
Set list structure	Apply `List Bullet` / `List Number` styles

openpyxl Patterns (Excel .xlsx)

Operation	Code
Set workbook title	`wb.properties.title = "Title"`
Set print titles	`ws.print_title_rows = '1:1'` for header row repeat
Rename generic sheets	`ws.title = "Descriptive Name"`
Detect merged cells	`ws.merged_cells.ranges` — flag width > 1

python-pptx Patterns (PowerPoint .pptx)

Operation	Code
Set presentation title	`prs.core_properties.title = "Title"`
Add slide titles	Add `PP_PLACEHOLDER.TITLE` placeholder with text
Add alt text to shapes	`shape._element.set(qn('p:nvSpPr/p:cNvPr'), ...)` → set `descr`
Fix reading order	Reorder `<p:spTree>` children by visual position
Add table headers	Set first row cells as header via `<a:tblPr firstRow="1">`

PowerShell COM Automation

# Word
$word = New-Object -ComObject Word.Application
$doc = $word.Documents.Open("C:\path\file.docx")
$doc.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Title").Value = "Title"
$doc.Save(); $doc.Close(); $word.Quit()

# Excel
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$wb = $excel.Workbooks.Open("C:\path\file.xlsx")
$wb.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Title").Value = "Title"
$wb.Save(); $wb.Close(); $excel.Quit()

# PowerPoint
$ppt = New-Object -ComObject PowerPoint.Application
$prs = $ppt.Presentations.Open("C:\path\file.pptx")
$prs.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Title").Value = "Title"
$prs.Save(); $prs.Close(); $ppt.Quit()

Key OOXML Paths

Format	ZIP Path	XML Element
DOCX	`docProps/core.xml`	`<dc:title>`
DOCX	`word/document.xml`	`<w:lang>`, `<w:tblHeader/>`
XLSX	`docProps/core.xml`	`<dc:title>`
XLSX	`xl/workbook.xml`	`<sheet name="">`
PPTX	`docProps/core.xml`	`<dc:title>`
PPTX	`ppt/slides/slideN.xml`	`<p:spTree>` ordering