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Adding Alt Descriptions to PowerPoint Images

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• Open the PowerPoint file on your computer
• Select the image
• Click the "Picture Format" tab and locate the "Format Pane" button
• Select the "Size and Properties" tab, and then "alt text" from the dropdown
• Add text to the description field, don't worry about title
• Save the file and reupload it to Blackboard

Adding Headings to a Word Document

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• Open the document in MS Word
• Highlight the text that you'd like to convert to a heading
• Find the "Styles" pane at the top under the "Home" tab

• Select the appropriate heading type

  Tip
  If you don't like the default style provided by MS Word, you can right click on the style you want to change in MS Word and select "Modify..." from the context menu.

  
  

• Make sure you're using the headings consistently, and avoid exceeding 6 header levels
• Save the Word file and reupload it to Blackboard

Adding Headers to Data Tables in Word

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• Open the document in Word
• Highlight the first row in your table that explains what's in each column
• From the "Table Design" tab at the top, check the box for "Header row"
• Optionally, right click the highlighted row, select "Table Properties" and check "Repeat as header row"
  • If the table spans multiple pages, Word will automatically copy the header row at the top of each page
• Save the document and reupload it to Blackboard

Exporting a Word Doc as a Tagged PDF

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• Open the file in Word
• Click "File" > "Save As..."
• Select "PDF" from the File Format dropdown
• Below the File Format selection, you will see some options. Find the "Best for electronic distribution and accessibility" option and select it
• Export the file and upload it to Blackboard

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