Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

1. Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

2. If your presentation will go on the Web • It’s best if you start from scratch • Create your presentation in normal or outline view

3. Some Tips • An accessible slide that contains an image and some text seen in a normal view will: 1. Show all the information on the slide 2. Show an outline with only the text information of your slide 3. Show written notes in the notes pane describing the image contained on the slide.

4. Avoid Serif Fonts • The use of fonts such as Times New Roman may interfere in the correct identification of letters for people with low vision. • Use common sans serif fonts such as Arial and Tahoma. • Use a good amount of white space

5. Choose a template with high contrast between the background and text. Not enough contrast between background and text colors. Good contrast between background and text colors.

6. Adding Non-Text Elements • When adding non-text elements such as images, charts, tables and autoshapes, they must be described.

7. You may use alternative text or describe them in the notes pane, or else the images will be inaccessible for people using screen readers. Use Alt-Text

8. For Advanced Presentations • Presentations that use video require captioned text. • If captioning is not possible, you should provide a text transcript of the video.