Microsoft PowerPoint course

PowerPoint Lesson 2

Slide Layouts, Titles, and Organizing a Presentation

First-time setup and success checks

Lesson goal in plain language: Use built-in slide layouts and meaningful titles to create a clear presentation structure.

Prepare before step 1

  1. Open the correct application, website, or device screen and wait for its name to be announced.
  2. Open PowerPoint manual and review the matching procedure if any command or term is unfamiliar.
  3. Use only fictional, public, disposable, or instructor-provided practice information. Make a copy before changing an important file.
  4. Read all numbered instructions once before performing them so you know the intended final result.

Commands used or referenced

Ctrl+M, Alt+Q,, F6, Ctrl+X,, Ctrl+V, Alt+Q, Insert+Spacebar,

For a plus-sign command, hold the modifier key, press and release the final key, then release the modifier. For a sequence, press and release each key in order. Stop after every command and listen for the result.

Work and verify

  1. Perform one numbered instruction and stop. Identify the active window, focused control, selected item, cell, slide, message, field, or device area before continuing.
  2. Compare the result with the lesson goal. A sound alone is not enough; verify the name, state, value, location, permission, or content.
  3. If the result is wrong, press Escape once to leave an unexpected menu, identify focus again, and use Undo only when the change is safely reversible.
  4. Save or synchronize at natural stopping points. Use the required filename PowerPoint-Lesson-2.pptx.
  5. Complete the “Before submitting” checklist from top to bottom. Correct missing items before marking the lesson complete.
  6. Close and reopen the practice item, or return to it from the product’s main screen, to prove you can locate and verify the result independently.

Success standard: Explain what each major command did, show the finished result, and recover from one harmless focus or navigation error without another person naming the next key.

Goal

Use built-in slide layouts and meaningful titles to create a clear presentation structure.

Skills practiced

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Open PowerPoint-Lesson-1.pptx.
  2. Press Ctrl+M to add a third slide.
  3. Press Alt+Q, type Slide Layout, and choose Title and Content.
  4. Title slide 3 Training Schedule and add three fictional schedule items.
  5. Add slide 4 and title it Contact Information. Add a fictional department email and telephone extension.
  6. Press F6 until JAWS announces the thumbnails pane.
  7. Use Up Arrow and Down Arrow to review slide titles.
  8. Select the Contact Information slide. Press Ctrl+X, move to the position after the title slide, and press Ctrl+V to place it second.
  9. Review the new order by moving through the thumbnails pane.
  10. Confirm that every slide has a unique title.
  11. Save a copy as PowerPoint-Lesson-2.pptx.

Keyboard help: Press Alt+Q to search PowerPoint commands when Ribbon KeyTips differ. For JAWS help, press Insert+Spacebar, then J, and search for the task.

Your assignment

Expand and reorganize the training presentation so it contains four slides, uses built-in layouts, and has a unique title on every slide.

Save the finished assignment as PowerPoint-Lesson-2.pptx.

Before submitting