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From: Sean Keegan
Date: Fri, Apr 22 2016 10:20AM
Subject: Distinguishing between text boxes and content regions
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Hello PowerPoint gurus,

Is there a simple method for distinguishing between text boxes and content
placeholder regions in a PowerPoint file or in the Slide Master view?

The only method I can remember is that content placeholder regions - those
that are part of the slide template - have the six PPT icons displayed
prior to adding any content.

I am reviewing a PPT file for a colleague and it appears that the slides
have a mix of true content placeholder regions and text boxes that have
been formatted to look as text placeholder regions. I did a quick test and
saved the presentation as an RTF file and that is when I noticed some
slides had content whereas other slides were missing content.

Any ideas appreciated!

Thanks,
Sean

From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2016 6:31PM
Subject: Re: Distinguishing between text boxes and content regions
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Sean, if you go to the Home ribbon > Editing > Selection Pane it should open the selection pane. To move there you should be able to press F6. In that selection list the name of the objects should help you understand which ones are placeholders (title, subTitle) and which ones are textboxes by their names. With a screen reader active you should be able to press enter to select the object in the selection panel and then press shift+F6 to get back to the slide area and view the selected object.

Jonathan

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Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 12:21 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Distinguishing between text boxes and content regions

Hello PowerPoint gurus,

Is there a simple method for distinguishing between text boxes and content placeholder regions in a PowerPoint file or in the Slide Master view?

The only method I can remember is that content placeholder regions - those that are part of the slide template - have the six PPT icons displayed prior to adding any content.

I am reviewing a PPT file for a colleague and it appears that the slides have a mix of true content placeholder regions and text boxes that have been formatted to look as text placeholder regions. I did a quick test and saved the presentation as an RTF file and that is when I noticed some slides had content whereas other slides were missing content.

Any ideas appreciated!

Thanks,
Sean

From: Jim Allan
Date: Mon, Apr 25 2016 8:14AM
Subject: Re: Distinguishing between text boxes and content regions
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Sean,
I have always used the outline view
View Menu > Outline View ... this is what you are printing.
I checked out the PPT Office 2016 Selection Pane (thanks Jon). on the right
of the slide element is an "eye" icon, this toggles the element (making it
appear and disappear). Alas, you still have to dig to see if images have
appropriate 'alt's

Jim

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Sean Keegan < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Hello PowerPoint gurus,
>
> Is there a simple method for distinguishing between text boxes and content
> placeholder regions in a PowerPoint file or in the Slide Master view?
>
> The only method I can remember is that content placeholder regions - those
> that are part of the slide template - have the six PPT icons displayed
> prior to adding any content.
>
> I am reviewing a PPT file for a colleague and it appears that the slides
> have a mix of true content placeholder regions and text boxes that have
> been formatted to look as text placeholder regions. I did a quick test and
> saved the presentation as an RTF file and that is when I noticed some
> slides had content whereas other slides were missing content.
>
> Any ideas appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
> > > > >



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Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964

From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Mon, Apr 25 2016 8:19AM
Subject: Re: Distinguishing between text boxes and content regions
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> I have always used the outline view

As an "for what it's worth". The outline view is unfortunately IMO not reliable for getting all the content of a PPT because it won't show you all inserted content as Sean indicates. I wasn't suggesting relying on the selection pane for accessing content but more as a method to identify the types of objects such as placeholders or inserted textboxes.

Jonathan

Jonathan Avila
Chief Accessibility Officer
SSB BART Group
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703.637.8957 (Office)
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-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Jim Allan
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:14 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Distinguishing between text boxes and content regions

Sean,
I have always used the outline view
View Menu > Outline View ... this is what you are printing.
I checked out the PPT Office 2016 Selection Pane (thanks Jon). on the right of the slide element is an "eye" icon, this toggles the element (making it appear and disappear). Alas, you still have to dig to see if images have appropriate 'alt's

Jim

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Sean Keegan < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Hello PowerPoint gurus,
>
> Is there a simple method for distinguishing between text boxes and
> content placeholder regions in a PowerPoint file or in the Slide Master view?
>
> The only method I can remember is that content placeholder regions -
> those that are part of the slide template - have the six PPT icons
> displayed prior to adding any content.
>
> I am reviewing a PPT file for a colleague and it appears that the
> slides have a mix of true content placeholder regions and text boxes
> that have been formatted to look as text placeholder regions. I did a
> quick test and saved the presentation as an RTF file and that is when
> I noticed some slides had content whereas other slides were missing content.
>
> Any ideas appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
> > > archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
> >



--
Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964

From: Sean Keegan
Date: Mon, Apr 25 2016 1:46PM
Subject: Re: Distinguishing between text boxes and content regions
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Thanks for the suggestions. I had forgotten about the Selection Pane as a
means for checking such content. MS Office for Mac had it in a different
location than the Windows version and so I completely missed that tool.

Take care,
Sean


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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Distinguishing between text boxes and content regions
> > I have always used the outline view
>
> As an "for what it's worth". The outline view is unfortunately IMO not
> reliable for getting all the content of a PPT because it won't show you all
> inserted content as Sean indicates. I wasn't suggesting relying on the
> selection pane for accessing content but more as a method to identify the
> types of objects such as placeholders or inserted textboxes.
>
> Jonathan
>
> Jonathan Avila
> Chief Accessibility Officer
> SSB BART Group
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> 703.637.8957 (Office)
> Visit us online: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Blog
> Check out our Digital Accessibility Webinars!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On
> Behalf Of Jim Allan
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:14 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Distinguishing between text boxes and content regions
>
> Sean,
> I have always used the outline view
> View Menu > Outline View ... this is what you are printing.
> I checked out the PPT Office 2016 Selection Pane (thanks Jon). on the
> right of the slide element is an "eye" icon, this toggles the element
> (making it appear and disappear). Alas, you still have to dig to see if
> images have appropriate 'alt's
>
> Jim
>
>