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Digital Accessibility

Microsoft PowerPoint

When your content will be formatted as a slide deck, make sure you apply digital accessibility best practices to your PowerPoint slides. 

Accessible Content in PowerPoint

Learn how to apply the following digital accessibility best practices to your content in Microsoft PowerPoint:

The following best practices are applicable to both Word and PowerPoint:


Sharing PowerPoint Presentations

It's a best practice to share your PowerPoint slides in advance so that your participants can follow along at their own pace. You may also want to consider sharing an alternative format for your presentation materials, such as a "home base" web page, that can be made accessible more easily.

If you are presenting in-person with a microphone, enable Always Use Subtitles to provide automatic live captions.


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