Microsoft PowerPoint course

PowerPoint Lesson 7

Meaningful Links and Contact Information

First-time setup and success checks

Lesson goal in plain language: Add links that clearly identify their destination and work with keyboard navigation.

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+K., Enter, Ctrl+K, Tab, Shift+F10, 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-7.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

Add links that clearly identify their destination and work with keyboard navigation.

Skills practiced

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Create a presentation titled New Employee Resources.
  2. Add a slide titled Technology Resources.
  3. Type Microsoft Accessibility Help, select the text, and press Ctrl+K.
  4. Enter https://support.microsoft.com/accessibility as the address and confirm the dialog.
  5. Add the meaningful link text Freedom Scientific JAWS Training and link it to https://www.freedomscientific.com/training/jaws/.
  6. Add a slide titled Department Contacts.
  7. Enter a fictional contact name and email address. Use Ctrl+K to create a mailto link if appropriate.
  8. Avoid link text such as click here or read more because it does not identify the destination.
  9. Press Tab through the slide objects and listen to each link with JAWS.
  10. Use Shift+F10 and Edit Link if a destination needs correction.
  11. Run Check Accessibility and review link-related suggestions.
  12. Save the presentation as PowerPoint-Lesson-7.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 employee-resources presentation with two meaningful web links and one fictional department contact.

Save the finished assignment as PowerPoint-Lesson-7.pptx.

Before submitting