Techniques

Specifying languages in PowerPoint documents

  • Select the shapes you want to specify a language for;
  • Under the “Tools” menu, the “Language” option will provide a list of languages from which you can choose the appropriate one.

An example of good practice

“Aujourd’hui”, the French word for “today”, with the correct language selected:

"aujord'hui", the French word for "today"
Figure 1

An example of bad practice

“Aujourd’hui”, the French word for “today”, with the language still set to English (UK):

"aujord'hui", the French word for "today" with a misspelling indicator
Figure 2

References

WCAG 2.1

  • 3.1.1 Language of Page (A)
  • 3.1.2 Language of Parts (AA)

 

EN 301 549 v 2.1.2

  • 9.3.1.1 Language of Page
  • 9.3.1.2 Language of Parts