{"id":192,"date":"2024-07-19T15:18:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/?post_type=chapter&p=192"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:58:22","slug":"slide-titles","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/a11yondemand\/chapter\/slide-titles\/","title":{"raw":"Slide Titles","rendered":"Slide Titles"},"content":{"raw":"\"\"PowerPoint slides must have unique, descriptive titles. Slide titles act as navigational waypoints for viewers. The Check Accessibility tool will flag Missing slide titles<\/strong> and Duplicate slide titles<\/strong>.\r\n

Who missing or duplicate slide titles affects<\/h2>\r\nUsers of assistive technology, particularly blind and low vision people, rely on navigational waypoints to access content. Without descriptive slide titles, those users may struggle to orient themselves and understand the order, hierarchy of ideas, and content of a PowerPoint presentation.\r\n\r\nThis video shows JAWS screen reader software moving between slides demonstrating how information is lost when a slide does not have a title.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/mediaspace.langara.ca\/media\/t\/0_chingwc9\r\n

<\/a>How to fix it<\/h2>\r\nThe Check Accessibility<\/strong> tool will flag\u00a0Missing slide title<\/strong> as an error and\u00a0Duplicate slide title<\/strong> as a tip.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nTo address missing slide titles:\r\n
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  1. Select Add Slide Title\u00a0<\/strong>or Add Hidden Slide Title.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\"\"\r\n
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    If you previously added text you intended to be a title, select the text box and choose Set as Slide Title.<\/strong> This adds the approprate code.<\/div>\r\n
    To add a properly coded and styled Title placeholder, choose\u00a0Add a Slide title<\/strong> and type a brief, unique, and descriptive title.<\/div>\r\n
    Choose\u00a0Add Hidden Slide Title<\/strong> to place a Title placeholder outside the slide frame. A hidden slide title may be useful for a slide with a full-size image or video content. All slides must have a coded title, even if it is a hidden title.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
    Slide titles and hidden slide titles can also be added via the Slide Title<\/strong> menu on the <\/span>Accessibility<\/strong> tab.<\/span><\/div>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nEnsure you verify the reading order<\/a> of the slide after adding missing titles.\r\n

    Duplicate Slide Title<\/h3>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nDuplicate slides lack useful meaning to orient users of assistive technology.\r\n\r\nFor\u00a0Duplicate slide title<\/strong>, choose\u00a0Edit slide title<\/strong> to be taken to the problem slide and enter a descriptive, unique title.\r\n\r\nAvoid duplicate slide titles by using unique titles, or for topics that span multiple slides considering adding \"1\/2\" and \"2\/2\" to the titles.\r\n

    How to prevent it next time<\/h2>\r\nEnsure slides have a title placeholder (most default layouts do). Slides must have a \"Click to add title\" placeholder to create a properly coded title. Manually adding a text box and increasing the font size does not make a proper title.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nLearn more about the structure of slides.<\/a>\r\n\r\nHow to title a slide<\/a> from Microsoft support.\r\n
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    Next<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

    \r\n\r\nMove to the next page to address Other Checker Results <\/strong>flagged by the Check Accessibility tool or select the next error you want to fix<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

    \"\"PowerPoint slides must have unique, descriptive titles. Slide titles act as navigational waypoints for viewers. The Check Accessibility tool will flag Missing slide titles<\/strong> and Duplicate slide titles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Who missing or duplicate slide titles affects<\/h2>\n

    Users of assistive technology, particularly blind and low vision people, rely on navigational waypoints to access content. Without descriptive slide titles, those users may struggle to orient themselves and understand the order, hierarchy of ideas, and content of a PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n

    This video shows JAWS screen reader software moving between slides demonstrating how information is lost when a slide does not have a title.<\/p>\n