Accessibility ribbon in PowerPoint: Accessibility made easier

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Nov 18, 2021

Accessibility ribbon in PowerPoint: Accessibility made easierFeature deep dive

Peter Wu

Hi, Office Insiders! I’m Peter Wu, a Principal Software Engineer on the PowerPoint team. I’m here to share that it’s now easier than ever to make your presentations accessible in PowerPoint for Windows, Mac, and the web. Introducing the Accessibility ribbon!

Accessibility ribbon in PowerPoint

The Accessibility ribbon brings together in one place all the tools you need to make your presentation accessible. The new ribbon complements the Accessibility Checker, which automatically alerts you to many of the common accessibility issues found in PowerPoint presentations.

With the Accessibility ribbon, you can access the tools needed to fix accessibility issues that arise as you’re working on your presentation. (If you are already using the Accessibility ribbon in Excel, you’ll find that the Accessibility ribbon in PowerPoint works in a similar way.)

How it works

  • Click Check Accessibility on the Review tab to open the Accessibility pane, and notice that the Accessibility ribbon appears automatically when the pane is open.
  • Use the different tools and options in the Accessibility ribbon to address any issues that the Accessibility pane has identified.

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