Slide By Slide Changes to Make Sample Powerpoint Accessible Christy Blew and Jon Gunderson University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

Title Slide Created template with background gradient in Master Slide Changed word art to text and used Powerpoint fonts styling to create graphical effects Changed the use of a chart to a clip art image from the Microsoft website

Text Slides Bullets Choose bulleted list template Use text to title block and style using master template Copied text from text blocks and inserted in bullet blocks on template

Chart Slides Choose slide template that includes a chart Use text to create title (not word art or pictures) Double click on chart to edit chart data Copy and paste data into PowerPoint charting tool from Excel or other data sources Double click on chart to activate the “Chart” menu in the main menu, from this menu you can change the chart type and styling

Image Slides Use “Insert Picture” to insert images and clip art into a slide Avoid cutting and pasting images since the type of object created is less predictable for conversion with the wizard Know the purpose of the image –Decorative no equivalent text –Decorative short equivalent text –Informative has title and longer text equivalent –Chart has a title, summary and tabular data