PowerPoint includes several ways to get help, one of which should suit your needs and the way you use information. Options include the Ask a Question box, the Office Assistant, a full-search Help window, and help on the Web. NOTE At times, PowerPoint might not behave as expected, or it might deliver an error message when none is needed. To find and repair these problems automatically, choose Help, Detect and Repair. Using the Ask a Question BoxThe Ask a Question box (see Figure 1.26) puts help at your fingertips, always available on the menu bar. Figure 1.26. Use the Ask a Question box for fast and easy help.
Type a question or keyword in the box and press Enter. The Search Results task pane opens, listing help topics. Click the one that best matches what you need to know. The Microsoft PowerPoint Help window opens with specific information on the topic you chose, shown in Figure 1.27. Figure 1.27. The Help window displays detailed help on your selected topic.
To learn more about the Microsoft PowerPoint Help window, see "Using Microsoft PowerPoint Help" in this chapter, p. 35 . Using the Office AssistantThe Office Assistant lets you ask natural language questions, such as "How do I insert WordArt?" It provides help topics that answer these questions. To see the Office Assistant, choose Help, Show the Office Assistant. Click the Assistant when you need help, and a balloon appears that asks you what you want to do (see Figure 1.28). Figure 1.28. The Office Assistant can answer your PowerPoint questions.
Type your question ”or just a word or phrase if you like ”and click the Search button. The Search Results task pane opens, listing relevant Help topics. Click the most relevant topic to open the Microsoft PowerPoint Help window. NOTE Click See More at the bottom of the Help caption to view additional help topics. You can change to a different Office Assistant if you don't like Clippy, the default. Click the Options button in the Assistant balloon and choose the Gallery tab on the Office Assistant dialog box, shown in Figure 1.29. Figure 1.29. Make Rocky your Office Assistant, if you like.
The Gallery offers a few other Assistant images, including Rocky, Mother Nature, and the Dot. Turn off the Office Assistant by choosing Help, Hide the Office Assistant or by right-clicking on the Assistant and choosing Hide. NOTE The Office Assistant settings you make in PowerPoint, or another application such as Word or Excel, are used in all Office applications. Using Microsoft PowerPoint HelpYou can access the Microsoft PowerPoint Help task pane through the Ask a Question box, through the Office Assistant, or directly by pressing F1 or clicking the Microsoft PowerPoint Help button. Figure 1.30 shows this task pane. Figure 1.30. The Help task pane is the portal to all the ways Microsoft helps you learn PowerPoint and use it more effectively.
The Help task pane offers you these ways to get help:
NOTE Another way to open the Microsoft Office Online Web site is to choose Help, Office on Microsoft.com. |