Improve Your PowerPoint Accessibility It’s imperative that you incorporate accessibility best practices into your presentations so everyone, including people with disabilities, has an equal opportunity to benefit from your work. For instance, many with visual impairments commonly use a screen reader. A screen reader will dictate the content you’ve created based on a slide’s reading order. In PowerPoint, the reading order does not necessarily go from the top–to–bottom, left–to–right as[…]
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Highlight Text in Microsoft PowerPoint
Use These Workarounds to Highlight Text in PowerPoint If you need to emphasize some important words within your presentation, highlighting words may certainly help. A true highlight for PowerPoint is only available in Microsoft Office 365 (consider our Microsoft Office 365: Web Apps and Collaboration for Office 2013 course to learn more). If you’re not an Office 365 subscriber, there are two other ways to highlight text using PowerPoint. While you[…]
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How to Customize the Office Ribbon When Microsoft introduced the ribbon in 2007, there were mixed reviews. Some users found it convenient and easier to navigate while others found it cumbersome and confusing. In either case, ribbon customization allows users to make the ribbon work for their particular needs and workflow. It’s relatively simple to customize the Office 2013 Ribbon, adding, removing, and even creating unique tabs for the ribbon. The example below[…]
READ MORE about How to Add and Remove Tabs from the Microsoft Office RibbonUsing the PowerPoint Selection Pane to Work with Complex Presentation Slides
Using the PowerPoint Selection Pane to Manage Objects on a Slide PowerPoint 2013 offers many ways to enhance your presentations. But complex slides with multiple components can make using these tools difficult. You might have a variety of objects such as shapes, images, and text boxes. Simply selecting an individual object can be frustrating when you have several objects layered on a slide. Manage your objects by using the PowerPoint Selection[…]
READ MORE about Using the PowerPoint Selection Pane to Work with Complex Presentation SlidesPowerPoint 2013 Tip: Checking the Accessibility of a Presentation
Accessibility is becoming an increasingly important topic for both private and public organizations. One example of creating an “accessible” presentation is building in accommodations for visually impaired individuals who use screen-readers, or software that speaks text aloud. Certain elements of presentations, such as images or graphics, should have alternate text added that describes the image or concept being depicted. Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 provides a helpful tool to detect potential accessibility[…]
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During a live presentation, it might be necessary to take notes. Perhaps you are directing a brainstorming session to develop marketing ideas for new products. You’ve created a presentation that gives an overview of each product, and in the past, you’ve written the group’s ideas on a whiteboard or large notepad. Wouldn’t it be more convenient to take notes within the presentation? PowerPoint 2010 has a white board feature that[…]
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The ability to highlight text in your presentation is not available PowerPoint 2007. Instead, create a text box with color for any text you want to emphasize. Select the Insert tab. In the Text group, click Text Box, and then drag out a text box on your slide. Enter the text that you want highlighted in the text box. Now select the Home tab. In the Drawing group, click Shape[…]
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