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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Teresa, this is really a Microsoft problem. Why don’t you send
samples of the Word files and the PowerPoints showing various behavior to the
MS Accessibility group and ask them for help? Other companies are expected to provide
support – why not Microsoft?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Teresa
Haven<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] PowerPoint slides question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Aloha,
all. I have an odd question that I hope someone can help with. I'm
regularly asked to review various professors' Blackboard sites for the
accessibility of their course content. I've recently started to see
Powerpoint slide shows where some slides have all the text accessible, some
slides have only part of the text accessible and part not, and some slides are
completely inaccessible (blank in Outline view). In almost every case,
the prof will have been using the same basic template for every slide, and
producing very "clean" slides -- just a title at the top and three or
four bullet points of text. Some profs are using Office 2007 and a
few may still be using Office 2003. Does anyone have a clue what could be
causing this erratic accessibility issue, and more importantly, suggestions on
how to resolve it? I'm trying very hard to coach faculty to produce
accessible materials in the first place, and they're trying to comply, but this
problem is growing and retrofitting by re-typing the slide content into Word
docs and distributing to students is not a reasonable solution at this
time. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many
thanks for any ideas you might be able to share,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teresa</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teresa LW
Haven, Ph.D.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Supervisor,
Alternate Format Program</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Disability
Resource Center</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Arizona State
University </span><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span>
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