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To ensure slide content is universally available to all users, slide authors need to purposefully add content to slides in specific ways that enable accessibility (WCAG 1.3.1, A; WCAG 1.3.2, A).
Here, we’ll explore how to properly add text, graphics and media, tables, lists, and columns.
There are several types of text you may want to add, including:
Note: WordArt is not tagged as text, but instead tagged as a “Rectangle” and recognized by screen readers as a graphic. It’s better to avoid using it for lengthy text that conveys information. It may be used decoratively or, if it conveys information, with alt-text added.
Title-tagged boxes are recognized as slide headers. Headers are important because they help visually and programmatically communicate the organization and hierarchy of your slides as well as provide differentiation between slides.
The first Title-tagged box in the slide deck is recognized as Heading 1 and all subsequent Title-tagged boxes are Heading 2.
Figure 6
For more in-depth info about adding slide titles, including invisible slide titles, visit Microsoft's Title a Slide.
Text boxes can have a variety of different types of tags, but all will translate to “Paragraph” (or, <P>) when exported. Potential tags may include: “Text Placeholder,” “TextBox,” or “Content Placeholder.” Informational text includes extra information you may want to add to a slide, such as a header/footer, date/time stamps, or slide numbers.
To add or use a text box, you may:
Graphics and media encompass a variety of items. Graphics could include images, decorative items, shapes, etc.; media could include video files, sound files, etc.
Tables allow you to organize text into a table with rows and columns.
To add or use graphics, media, or tables, you may:
When embedding a video or audio file onto a slide, you must also include closed captions with a video or a transcript with an audio clip to ensure the content can be accessed by everyone.
With videos, ensure the closed captions are:
An audio transcript is a word-for-word accounting of everything in the audio clip. You can include the transcript as a linked PDF or Word Doc, or you can include the full transcript in the corresponding slide’s Slide Notes section. With each option, ensure that the transcript:
Lists and columns are methods for organizing text in a way that makes sense. Lists can be formatted with either bullets or numbers. You can also format text to be displayed in 2 columns or more.
To add or use lists, you may:
To add columns, you may:
Note: Avoid using two or more adjacent text boxes to give the appearance of columns. You may do this if the content in each text box is unrelated or noncontinuous, but always use the column option for continuous text.