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I'm trying to follow these instructions to export an accessible PDF from a PowerPoint presentation on Mac:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-accessible-pdfs-064625e0-56ea-4e16-ad71-3aa33bb4b7ed
I am on Mac OS 10.14.4 and PowerPoint for O365, version 16.26. The issue is, when I try to Save As PDF as suggested, I do not see the radio buttons to select the option for "Best for electronic distribution and accessibility (uses Microsoft online service)." So, when exporting the PDF the alt text for images, reading order, etc. are not passed to the PDF.
The radio button options are available in Word, but just not in PowerPoint. I've experienced the same issue with other version of Office and Mac OS as well. Does anyone know what's going on here? Is this feature still available in PowerPoint?
Thanks!
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Hi Zachary,
Sorry about the late reply, we have contacted our related team to involve more resources for further investigation. And they are aware of this issue now.
To help other community members who has the same requirements in their environments quickly see the process and updates of the thread, I have summarized the thread as follows.
Issue Symptom:
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when you using the Excel/PowerPoint for Mac, click on File > Save as > choose PDF File Format, there is no option "Best for electronic distribution and accessibility (uses Microsoft online service)."
Environment:
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Office for Mac 16.28 (19070900) Insider Fast
Office for Mac 16.27 (19070800) Insider Slow
Office for Mac 16.26 (19060901) Production
Status:
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We have submitted this issue as a bug, and the related team will keep looking into it. If there is any updates, we will post back here as soon as possible.
Regards,
Alex Chen
Hi Zachary A Berkowitz,
Per our test results, we can reproduce this issue from our side, there is no such settings when trying to export to PDF via PowerPoint for Mac. We are really sorry about the inconvenience caused by this issue.
We will forward your concern to the related resources. We will keep you informed once we got any updates from them.
We greatly appreciate your time and understanding.
Regards,
Alex Chen
Hi Alex,
Thank you for continuing to look into this! Please keep me informed if there is a fix.
Hi Zachary A Berkowitz,
Thank you for sharing the experience with us.
We will check the behavior in PowerPoint for Mac at our side. When we get any update we will post back as soon as possible. Thanks for your time and patience.
Best Regards,
Tina