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Re: Alt Text in PowerPoint 2010

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From: John E Brandt
Date: Apr 13, 2011 7:33PM

I believe that is still the case. A PPT 2007 file that has had "Alt text"
added shows that information in the Description box and nothing in the Title
when converted and saved in PPT 2010. I am not sure if any AT reads the
Title "tag" but this is what MS offers as way of explanation:

"A title can be read to a person with a disability and is used to determine
whether they wish to hear the description of the content"

This statement come from the "Inspection Results/Additional Information"
that gets created when you run the Accessibility Checker in PPT 2010.

BTW, the Accessibility Checker also checks a number of other things
including whether "objects," "Content Placeholders," shapes such as
"rectangles," and "straight arrows" also have Alt text. The checker also
looks for Slide Titles ensuring there is on and that each have a unique
name, and on slides with multiple text boxes, instructs the author to check
and make sure the reading order of the slide makes sense.

~j

John E. Brandt
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