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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Feb 4, 2019 1:16PM

Todd,

I don't think there is a way of removing Accessibility Checker warnings
without eliminating the cause of the warning in any of the Microsoft
Office products, including PowerPoint.

The "Check Reading Order" warning commonly appears in PowerPoint if you
insert any objects without using the built-in placeholders in a
particular layout.

If you only ever enter content using existing placeholders in a
particular slide layout, then PowerPoint assumes the order is correct
because the placeholders are already placed in a specific order in the
Slide Master. But if you add an extra object - typically an image - and
position it yourself on the slide, then PowerPoint will always flag that
slide with the "Check Reading Order" warning.

For each flagged slide, you should review and adjust the order using the
Object Selection Pane (remembering that the order is reversed, so
objects at the bottom of the selection pane will be read/appear first).
Then you're done. The warnings will remain even after you review (and
where necessary fix) the order.

I suppose you could create a new Slide Layout with an additional
placeholder for an image, but that would probably only make sense if
many of your slides had one and only one image that was usually placed
in the same location on each slide and that was usually about the same size.

Phil.

Philip Kiff
D4K Communicaitons

On 2019-02-04 2:05 PM, Weissenberger, Todd M wrote:
> I have a PowerPoint slide with several images-each image has appropriately brief ALT text, and the reading order is correct. Due to the number of images (I assume), the Accessibility Checker insists that I "Check Reading Order"
>
> Microsoft Office accessibility checker errors disappear after the author corrects the issue. Is there also a way to clear Warnings from the accessibility checker after they have been checked?
>
> Thanks for any insights!
>
> Todd
>
> T.M. Weissenberger
> IT Accessibility Coordinator
> Information Security and Policy Office
> University of Iowa
> 319-384-3323
>
> he/him/his
>
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