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From: Karen McCall
Date: Fri, Nov 03 2023 6:07AM
Subject: PowerPoint Reading Order
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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
From: Karen McCall
Date: Fri, Nov 03 2023 10:05AM
Subject: Re: PowerPoint Reading Order
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There are two solutions to this...I think.
1. Create a custom slide layout in Slide Master view with the shape as part of the background, then add an accessible Content placeholder or Text placeholder over it. Only the accessible placeholder will be on the slide itself in Normal slide layout. The shape/box will be part of the background.
2. Create a custom slide layout in Slide Master view with an accessible Content or Text placeholder that has the background colour you want, making sure that the colour contrast between the background and the text is conforming.
Apologies, I don't have the original post with the sample slides.
Cheers, Karen