{"id":36626,"date":"2026-05-26T09:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/?p=36626"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:12:24","slug":"digital-accessibility-tip-powerpoint-accessibility-checker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/26\/digital-accessibility-tip-powerpoint-accessibility-checker\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Accessibility Tip: PowerPoint Accessibility Checker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microsoft PowerPoint\u2019s built-in accessibility checker helps you make your documents accessible. It scans your document and provides tips on how to make sure everyone can access your document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how to use the accessibility checker in PowerPoint with MedTech\u2019s five-minute tutorial and download the College of Medicine\u2019s new accessible PowerPoint template.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/tech.medicine.wsu.edu\/technology\/digital-accessibility\/powerpoint\/accessibility-checker\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tView Tutorial\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is the Accessibility Checker enough to make my document accessible?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No. It helps catch many issues, but it cannot evaluate meaning, context, or whether content makes sense when read aloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital Accessibility Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital accessibility is everyone\u2019s responsibility. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.medicine.wsu.edu\/technology\/digital-accessibility\/digital-accessibility-basics\/\">MedTech Digital Accessibility Basics<\/a> page to get started and stay tuned as the team develops more resources. For additional information, visit the WSU <a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/\">Digital Accessibility<\/a> hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft PowerPoint\u2019s built-in accessibility checker helps you make your documents accessible. It scans your document and provides tips on how to make sure everyone can access your document. Learn how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25158,"featured_media":34357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[13],"tags":[33],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36628,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36626\/revisions\/36628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36626"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=36626"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=36626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}