
Select the Check for Issues button and choose Check Accessibility.
PowerPoint includes an accessibility resource that identifies accessibility issues. This information may not be accessed by a screen reader, so do not put important information in this area. The Notes panel, found under View > Notes, allows the speaker to add notes and information that will not appear on the slides.Reviewing this panel can help ensure the content on the slides is logically sequenced, that slide titles are unique and meaningful, and that reading order is appropriate for any user.
The Outline panel, found under View > Outline View, contains a text outline of the content that appears in your slides. PowerPoint contains two panels that can be used to enhance accessibility: the Outline panel and the Notes panel. Change the text in the Text to Display field to a more meaningful description. Select a hyperlink, right click, and select Edit Hyperlink or Ctrl + k. These may not make sense to screen reader users, so more information is needed. PowerPoint automatically creates a hyperlink when a user pastes a full URL onto a page. If your presentation contains more than the simplest tables, and if you have Adobe Acrobat, consider saving your presentation to PDF and adding the additional accessibility information in Acrobat Pro. PowerPoint can style rows and columns so they appear as data tables, but there is no way to add table header information in a way that will be identified by a screen reader. Select the Insert tab on the ribbon, then select Table > Insert Table. Enter appropriate Alt text only in the Description field (not the Title field).Īccessible tables need a clear table structure and table headers to help guide a screen reader user. Select the Size & Properties icon and choose Alt Text. Right-click on the image and choose Format Picture. This Alt text is read by a screen reader in a PowerPoint file and should remain intact when exporting to HTML or PDF. Images can be given appropriate alternative text in PowerPoint. Choose the desired layout from the Layout option. Using slide layouts provided within PowerPoint will ensure files have correctly structured headings and lists, and proper reading order. This resource is designed to be printed as a one page PDF file.