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Hi! My name is Mina. I have some professional development time and I just found out about the Check Accessibility tool in PowerPoint. It highlighted a bunch of things I can improve in my PowerPoints to make my content more accessible. Join me to work through these issues!<\/div>\r\n\"\"\r\n
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\r\n\r\nTo access the Accessibility Assistant<\/strong> in PowerPoint, move to the Review<\/strong> tab and click Check Accessibility.<\/strong>\"\"\r\nIf you're just starting out, learn more about the Accessibility Assistant<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nPowerPoint tools and features were designed to create accessible presentations by default. When used as intended, PowerPoint creates presentations that are accessible with no additional steps, hacks, or workarounds required.\r\n\r\nReady to get started? Open up your most frequently used PowerPoint presentation and open the Check Accessibility tool. Look through the results. Select the error below you want to repair first!\r\n
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Operating Systems<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\r\n\r\nNote that macOS and browser users may see different menu names and options when using the Check Accessibility tools in PowerPoint. All necessary tools are available under\u00a0Review > Check Accessibility<\/strong> and the\u00a0Accessibility\u00a0<\/strong>tab regardless of operating system.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

<\/a>I want to fix:<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nCheck reading order<\/a>\r\n\r\nMissing alt text<\/a>\r\n\r\nHard-to-read text contrast<\/a>\r\n\r\nMissing audio or video subtitles<\/a>\r\n\r\nMissing slide title<\/a> and\/or Duplicate slide title\r\n\r\nOther Inspection Results<\/a>\r\n\r\nAdditional elements not automatically checked:\r\n

Links<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Font size and style<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Lists and SmartArt<\/a><\/p>\r\nBest practices for sharing<\/a>\r\n\r\nGoing Forward<\/a>\r\n

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Next<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\r\n\r\nIn addition to the above links, you can move through this module in a linear fashion by selecting\u00a0Next: Check Reading Order <\/strong>in the bottom right of this window.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
Hi! My name is Mina. I have some professional development time and I just found out about the Check Accessibility tool in PowerPoint. It highlighted a bunch of things I can improve in my PowerPoints to make my content more accessible. Join me to work through these issues!<\/div>\n

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To access the Accessibility Assistant<\/strong> in PowerPoint, move to the Review<\/strong> tab and click Check Accessibility.<\/strong>\"\"
\nIf you’re just starting out, learn more about the Accessibility Assistant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

PowerPoint tools and features were designed to create accessible presentations by default. When used as intended, PowerPoint creates presentations that are accessible with no additional steps, hacks, or workarounds required.<\/p>\n

Ready to get started? Open up your most frequently used PowerPoint presentation and open the Check Accessibility tool. Look through the results. Select the error below you want to repair first!<\/p>\n

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Operating Systems<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

\n

Note that macOS and browser users may see different menu names and options when using the Check Accessibility tools in PowerPoint. All necessary tools are available under\u00a0Review > Check Accessibility<\/strong> and the\u00a0Accessibility\u00a0<\/strong>tab regardless of operating system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a>I want to fix:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Check reading order<\/a><\/p>\n

Missing alt text<\/a><\/p>\n

Hard-to-read text contrast<\/a><\/p>\n

Missing audio or video subtitles<\/a><\/p>\n

Missing slide title<\/a> and\/or Duplicate slide title<\/p>\n

Other Inspection Results<\/a><\/p>\n

Additional elements not automatically checked:<\/p>\n

Links<\/a><\/p>\n

Font size and style<\/a><\/p>\n

Lists and SmartArt<\/a><\/p>\n

Best practices for sharing<\/a><\/p>\n

Going Forward<\/a><\/p>\n

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Next<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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