Designed for those both distributing PowerPoint (PPT) as well as PowerPoint to Accessible PDF. Even a perfect PowerPoint has several accessibility barriers when converted to PDF that needs to be addressed. Participants should have already taken the Introduction to PDF Accessibility. PowerPoint to PDF conversions have the largest effort to be made fully accessible of all Office source programs.
Handouts: Presentation Materials, PowerPoint Checklist, PowerPoint Quick Reference, an after-Session Assessment will be provided for Participants.
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Section |
Topics Covered |
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PowerPoint Accessibility Checker |
· Review the checker and which requirements fall into WGAC · Review manual checks required for accessibility |
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Master Slide and Templates |
· Demonstration of what content should be in the Master Slide · Review of color requirements and template creation |
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Semantics |
· Learn how to add structure (headings, lists, links, alternative text, etc.) |
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Reading Order |
· Review how to set the reading order of slides |
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Limitations |
· Discuss the multimedia and complex table limitations of PowerPoint |
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Converting PPT to PDF |
· Learn different converting methods and most common issues with converting |
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PDF Edits in Adobe |
· Review the most common converting hurdles · Demonstrate how to fix the PDF to be fully WCAG compliant |