Southern New Hampshire University

PowerPoint Accessibility Checker (Web App)

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The automated Accessibility Checker in Microsoft can verify your file against a set of rules that identify some of the possible issues for people with disabilities. Accessibility Checker classifies each issue as an error, warning, or tip. It is also recommended to check for any accessibility issues manually.

Open the Power Point Live.

Select the "Review" button from the top.

PowerPoint online home ribbon with the "Review" button boxed.

From the "Review" ribbon select the "Check Accessibility" button.

From the "Review" menu, "Check Accessibility" button boxed.

On the right will be what is found that needs to be fixed.

The results from the accessibility checker.

Selecting any of these will bring you to the issue and highlight it in the slide.

Slide show with an arrow highlighting an issue and another arrow highlighting the element with the issue.

For this example, the Southern New Hampshire University would be the image that is missing alternative text.

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