Microsoft PowerPoint course

PowerPoint Lesson 3

Text, Bullets, and Clear Slide Content

First-time setup and success checks

Lesson goal in plain language: Create concise, structured slide text that works for screen-reader users and visual audiences.

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

Enter, Tab, Shift+Tab, Ctrl+B, F2, 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-3.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

Create concise, structured slide text that works for screen-reader users and visual audiences.

Skills practiced

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Create a new presentation with the title Accessible Customer Service.
  2. Add a slide titled Greeting a Customer.
  3. Enter three bullets: Introduce yourself, Ask how you can help, and Listen before responding.
  4. With focus in the second bullet, press Tab to create a sub-bullet and type Clarify the request. Press Shift+Tab if you need to return it to the main level.
  5. Add a slide titled Resolving a Request.
  6. Create a numbered list with four steps: Identify the problem, Confirm the desired result, Complete the action, and Verify satisfaction.
  7. Avoid long paragraphs. Keep each bullet to one clear idea.
  8. Use Ctrl+B only when emphasis adds meaning; do not rely on bold alone to communicate status.
  9. Review each text object by pressing Tab through the slide, then F2 or Enter to edit its text.
  10. Save the presentation as PowerPoint-Lesson-3.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

Create a three-slide customer-service presentation containing a title slide, a bulleted process, and a numbered process.

Save the finished assignment as PowerPoint-Lesson-3.pptx.

Before submitting