• Every slide must have a unique title. If you do not wish to display the title, make it match the background color.
• Be consistent with the font and font sizes used in your presentation.
• Avoid using slide transitions, animations or automatic slide transitions.
• Try not to overcrowd slides with too much content.
• Delete any empty paragraphs, bullets or lists.
• Make sure to use text-boxes for text and not shapes.
• Delete all unnecessary or empty elements on each slide, including any text or boxes behind images, as the tagging process will pick these up and cause issues.
• Ensure every audio and video file in your document has a transcript.
• Wherever possible, group separate objects together if they are meant to be part of the same figure. Remember to apply alternate text (alt-text) to the grouped object.
• Complex graphics should be described in the body of a slide, in the notes section, or on an appendix slide. It is important that alternate text is applied to a chart or graph to describe the overall purpose of the figure. 

Alternative Text (Alt Text)

• Include alt text for every image, including:
  • Photos
  • Graphics
  • Tables
  • Logos and branding
• Indicate decorative images with one of the following options:
  • Check the "Mark as decorative" box in Word's Alt Text options
  • Enter two sequential quotation marks [""] as the alternative text

Color Contrast

• Choose text colors that provide adequate color contrast to the background
• Avoid using color alone to convey meaning
• Word's Accessibility Checker will flag possible text color issues

Formatting

• Organize information in logical ways
• Use Headings in the correct order
• If using the built-in Headings, make sure use in the correct order
• Insert a page break to start a new page rather than hitting “Enter” to get to start of new page.
• Create meaningful hyperlink display text instead of displaying a long URL: Formatting hyperlinks
• Avoid using generic display text for a hyperlink: Click here, Read more, or Info
• The accessibility checker will not flag these as possible issues