{"id":2222,"date":"2020-05-19T15:13:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityawareness.training\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2020-05-19T15:13:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:13:51","slug":"creating-accessible-powerpoint-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/?p=2222","title":{"rendered":"Creating Accessible Powerpoint Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"

This guide outlines best practice for creating accessible PowerPoint presentations. In the UK around 2 million people have sight loss. A visual impairment could be sensitivity to light, blurred vision or blindness. So please don\u2019t think that because you don\u2019t have a colleague with a guide dog that this isn\u2019t relevant to you. It is! Video calling and webinars are the new norm so accessibility should be a priority rather than an afterthought.<\/p>\n

Imagine presenting to an audience, or at a job interview only to discover those you need to impress can\u2019t understand your slides. It\u2019s not a good first impression, especially if equality and inclusion are values your employer actively promotes.<\/p>\n

Good Practice<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Lots of people who are visually impaired will be able to read your slides without using any specialist software IF<\/strong> you make some subtle and simple changes.\u00a0 Use these points when creating accessible PowerPoint presentations.<\/p>\n

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  1. Use PowerPoint\u2019s inbuilt accessibility checker. It\u2019s super easy to use and will quickly highlight accessibility issues.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Have a sufficient colour contrast between the text and the background so that people with low vision can see the content. A dark font on a light background often works best and avoid a pure white background.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Choose your fonts carefully. Sans Serif typeface is best and should be font size 24 or above (larger for titles).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. Some people will find reading italic and underlined text difficult so keep these to a minimum if you must use them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Make sure that you are not using colour alone to convey information. It can be useful to select greyscale from the view tab and scan your slides for occurrences of colour coding.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Avoid busy backgrounds and keep ample \u2018white space\u2019 between sentences and paragraphs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. Avoid using animations and sounds if it\u2019s not vital to the presentation because they are distracting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                More Insights<\/strong><\/h4>\n

                Whilst not exhaustive these tips are a good starting point. Every month we add new articles to this site ranging from \u2018How To\u2019 practical instructions to insightful interviews.<\/p>\n

                Please contact us<\/a> if you\u2019d like to chat about working together to make your organisation accessible for all. We offer accessibility audits, disability awareness training, British Sign Language Lessons and much more.<\/p>\n

                You may also enjoy these articles:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

                12 Tips for Accessible Video Calls<\/a><\/p>\n

                Video Conferencing with Deaf Colleagues<\/a><\/p>\n

                What is A Hidden Disability<\/a><\/p>\n

                Join us on twitter @EnhanceTheUK<\/a> for more practical tips on disability awareness and making your working environment inclusive for all.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[117,118,89,92],"class_list":["post-2222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-tips","tag-accessibility-at-work","tag-accessible-powerpoint","tag-disability-awareness","tag-enhance-the-uk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.krackeddigital.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}