Preparing PowerPoint documents
• To help make your content accessible and comprehensible to learners who use screen
reading software, start in Outline view and include all of your content as text. Add design
elements and images after completing the outline, and use PowerPoint’s picture
formatting options to include detailed descriptions of images that convey information.
Avoid adding animations or transitions, as they will not be saved with the PDF format.
• Use the Home > Drawing > Arrange > Selection Pane option to view the reading order of
objects on each slide. If the reading order is not logical, reorder the objects.
• Provide text alternatives for all images.
• Use the Home > Slides > Reset option to give each slide a unique and informative title. The
title can be hidden if preferred.
• Identify column headers for any data table using PowerPoint’s table formatting options
(Tables > Table Options > Header Row), and ensure that each header contains informative
text describing the data in that column.