Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

Follow recommendations for general Word documents like alt tags, descriptive links, table headers, color contrast, and font recommendations. Specifically for Powerpoint Presentations do the following:

• Use the slide layouts (Home > new slide or select the “new slide” button). These are already accessible and will ensure you include elements needed for screen readers to be able to navigate your slides properly.
• Make sure each slide has a title and it is entered in the designated area. This will help the user know about the content of the slide and will also create a descriptive table of contents.
• Don’t insert text boxes as they are not legible to a screen reader. Instead use the templates provided by the tool to create a text box for your slide.
• If you have multiple elements (like images and text boxes), use the arrange tool to order elements so they make sense to the screen reader.
• Navigate to the "Accessibility in Microsoft Office Suite" module in the Digital Accessibility Essentials course for training on this subject.