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Re: Powerpoint Master slides and Accessible text

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From: Karen McCall
Date: Mar 7, 2023 10:14AM

Do you have an example of this?

I use Slide Master view to create custom layouts that can then be used in a presentation by going to the Home Ribbon, Insert Layout and the newly created and named layout is available in Normal view and as part of a PowerPoint presentation.

Any text added to a slide master is part of the background and should not be read by adaptive technology. Content that is to be read by adaptive technology should be on the slide canvas while in Normal view. If default placeholders are used to create the custom layouts, then the contents of those placeholders will appear in Outline view to the left of the slide canvas. If text boxes are used, it will not. You can create custom slide layouts using Text, Content, Picture or Table placehodlers.

The caveat to this is that accessible content is added to the default placeholders. It is possible to add inaccessible content to those placeholders...or any editable object on a slide.

Header and Footer information should be added through the Insert, Slide Number, Header, Footer tools, not on the slide master. In the Selection Pane or Reading Pane, have the slide number read before the header, footer, date information so that once someone hears the slide number, they can skip to the next slide once they've heard the header/footer/date information.

Not sure that answers your questions. I'd need to see what you mean in order to provide more information.

Cheers, Karen