First-time setup and success checks
Lesson goal in plain language: Arrange slide objects so a screen reader encounters them in a logical order.
Prepare before step 1
- Open the correct application, website, or device screen and wait for its name to be announced.
- Open PowerPoint manual and review the matching procedure if any command or term is unfamiliar.
- Use only fictional, public, disposable, or instructor-provided practice information. Make a copy before changing an important file.
- Read all numbered instructions once before performing them so you know the intended final result.
Commands used or referenced
Alt+Q,, Tab, Shift+Tab, 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
- Perform one numbered instruction and stop. Identify the active window, focused control, selected item, cell, slide, message, field, or device area before continuing.
- Compare the result with the lesson goal. A sound alone is not enough; verify the name, state, value, location, permission, or content.
- 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.
- Save or synchronize at natural stopping points. Use the required filename PowerPoint-Lesson-5.pptx.
- Complete the “Before submitting” checklist from top to bottom. Correct missing items before marking the lesson complete.
- 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
Arrange slide objects so a screen reader encounters them in a logical order.
Skills practiced
- Understand object reading order.
- Use the Reading Order pane.
- Test slides with Tab and Shift+Tab.
- Keep slide titles first in the logical sequence.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open PowerPoint-Lesson-4.pptx.
- Choose a slide containing a title, text, and image.
- Press Alt+Q, type Reading Order, and open the Reading Order pane or use the Accessibility Checker recommendation.
- Review the listed objects. The title should be read before the main content, and supporting objects should follow logically.
- Use the pane's Move Up and Move Down controls to correct the sequence if needed.
- Mark decorative objects decorative rather than leaving them unnamed.
- Close the pane and return to the slide.
- Press Tab repeatedly to test the object sequence. Use Shift+Tab to move backward.
- Repeat the test on every slide.
- Run Check Accessibility and resolve reading-order warnings that apply.
- Save the presentation as PowerPoint-Lesson-5.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
Review and correct the reading order of every slide in the customer-service presentation.
Save the finished assignment as PowerPoint-Lesson-5.pptx.
Before submitting
- Every slide has a title.
- Titles occur before related slide content in reading order.
- Tab navigation follows a logical sequence.
- Decorative items do not interrupt the meaningful content.
- The file is saved as PowerPoint-Lesson-5.pptx.
Submit PowerPoint Lesson 5
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