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MS PowerPoint Accessibility Training

Section 508 Best Practices

Duration: 1 Day.

There will be a 30 minute break for lunch and two 10-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon.

Audience

This course is intended for Microsoft PowerPoint users who want to create accessible or Section 508 compliant documents. No prior knowledge of accessibility or section 508 is required.

Description

The instructor will provide an overview of common MS PowerPoint accessibility-related issues, guidelines and best practices aimed at creating more accessible documents. The course will include a hands-on portion where the trainees will go through a number of PowerPoint documents and apply best practices to make them accessible

The accessibility guidelines and best practices course will cover the following topics.

  • Section 508 Overview
  • Key Accessibility Concepts for MS PowerPoint
  • Simple slides
  • Multi-object slides
  • Reading order
  • Data Tables
  • List items
  • Images, charts, clip arts, smart arts, shapes
  • Hyperlinks
  • Text Boxes
  • Summary

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