
Complex data tables cannot be made accessible in MS PowerPoint.
If you need to create complex data tables (data tables with more than one header row, more than one header column, and/or merged or split cells), then you must convert to an accessible format.
Keep data tables simple (use one row of column headers and no merged or split cells). You cannot make images of tables accessible. (If a table is used for placement of text and objects, then it is a layout table - See Use Built-in Features to Organize Content in Layout Tables). USE BUILT-IN FEATURES TO CREATE DATA TABLESĭata tables are those tables where the information in a cell requires a row and/or column header to adequately describe the cell's content. Check that you can select vital information with the Selection Pane.įigure 9: Example of Duplicated Vital Informationĩ. Go to the start or near the start of the related information. Open the Selection Pane (Home Tab > Editing Group > Select Button > Selection Pane). Look for vital information in running headers, footers, or watermarks. The other option is to have the user manually open the template every time they open PowerPoint. You can set a template as the default one for PowerPoint ( ), but this won't work if you work with multiple different templates. I don't think there's a "personal presentation" in PowerPoint like there is in excel, so you'll have to make sure the template is open/loaded for the macros to be available to other presentations. There's no way (that I know of) to automatically add the macros/modules directly INTO new presentations, what you need to do is create a new PowerPoint template and save the macros in it (using the *.potm file format above).
pptm)" or "PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Template (.potm)" Select "PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation (.In the dialog box that opens, click on the "Save as type" drop-down menu.Are you saving in a macro-enabled format? If not, macros/modules will disappear when you close the presentation.