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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Oct 11, 2011 6:06PM

The selection Pane is available in PowerPoint 2007. Keyboard command is Alt + J, A, P while anything on the slide is selected. Same keyboard command in 2010.

As mentioned, the last item in the list is the first item someone would Tab to so starry at the bottom to arrange a logical reading order.

Cheers, Karen
Microsoft MVP for Word

Out of Office, Sent from my iPad

On 2011-10-11, at 6:57 PM, "Ryan E. Benson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> You are welcome, check for that panel in 2007. I am running 2010 at
> work and 2003 at home *blush*.
>
> --
> Ryan E. Benson
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:47 AM, LSnider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Hi Ryan,
>>
>> That is great, thanks. Good points about the structure and sight...I have
>> 2010 but haven't installed it yet, time to do it! Oh and thanks for the tip
>> on the pane.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Ryan E. Benson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with Tim, they are much simpler applications than screen
>>> readers. They rely on the fact that the end user can probably see the
>>> text and tell the order. Office 2010 has an accessibility check, and
>>> one of the rules is reading order. To check the order, click home >
>>> drawing group > arrange > selection pane. Note: this pane actually
>>> works backwards than you may think! The list is read from bottom to
>>> top.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ryan E. Benson
>>>
>>