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From: Karen McCall
Date: Nov 3, 2023 6:07AM

All slides must use the slide title placeholder, not a "header text box".

Others have responded to the reading order issue.

To replace a "header text box" with a slide title placeholder" access the Accessibility Checker. This reveals an Accessibility Ribbon in Microsoft 365. You can then add a slide title placeholder, cut and paste the information from the text box into the correct placeholder.

BTW, if someone needs a Braille copy or large print copy of the presentation content, you'll need to copy and paste all content in text boxes manually. If you use the default accessible placeholders, you won't.

Cheers, Karen