Kathy's Practical PowerPoint Tips
~~Kathryn
Jacobs, PowerPointAnswers
PowerPoint Help - On-Line and Off
Looking for answers to your PowerPoint questions?
Here are ten places to start looking.
1. The PowerPoint Newsgroup
This on-line group can be accessed through your local news reader, or
through the web interface on Google Groups. It is a great place for getting
answers to all things PowerPoint. The experts there will do their best to
provide answers in a timely manner, with humor and food conversations on the
side. Traffic on the group tends to be about 100-200 posts a day, but don't
let that scare you off. Just read the ones that are of interest to you and
leave the rest for future reference.
2. The PowerPoint FAQ ~
http://www.pptfaq.com
Part of Steve Rindsberg's great PowerPoint site, this set of pages contains
the compiled PowerPoint wisdom of the newsgroup through the years. If
questions come up multiple times, Steve adds the question and answers to the
page. Start with the "Don't use PowerPoint for anything serious until you've
done this" section, then use the rest as a searchable resource.
3. Microsoft's Knowledge Base ~
http://tinyurl.com/v1r
Official stands on problems that have been reported and resolved. Contains
information, answers, patches, and clarifications on a wide variety of
PowerPoint issues.
4. Microsoft's PowerPoint page ~
http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/default.asp
The official site. Location of many new templates, ideas and training.
5. MSO - Linda's great Microsoft Office Help list ~
http://www.freelists.org/webpage/mso
You probably already belong to this one. This is Linda's excellent question
and answer group for all questions and issues related to Office. Hosted by
Freelist.org, this list is a wonderful resource for both the new and
experienced user
6. PowerPoint Yahoo Group ~
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/powerpoint
Yahoo group dedicated to answering PowerPoint questions of all kinds. Not as
active as either the MSO list or the newsgroup, but quite the resource,
nonetheless. (Do not confuse this with the MicrosoftPowerPoint Yahoo group
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microsoftpowerpoint). The microsoftpowerpoint
group is virtually dead, and generates quite a bit of spam.
7. Keen.com ~
http://www.keen.com
Immediate advice available by phone or email. Yes, I will admit that I am
one of the experts, but there are others as well. While you will pay for the
calls, the advice is generally very good (if I do say so myself), and the
prices are very reasonable.
8. The PowerPoint Search Association
A group of the best websites about PowerPoint available today on the web.
The ten sites on here are run by ten of the most active newsgroup
contributors. Check out the page on the FAQ, or the search box on the top of
every page of
http://www.PowerPointAnswers.com
9. The help button within PowerPoint
Why do I put this one so far down on the list? Because while the help in
PowerPoint has gotten steadily better with each version of the tool, it
still leaves much to be desired. There are tips and techniques, answers to
questions, and misc. information in the help pages. However, you will most
likely end up using one of the other resources on this list to help you
understand some of what the help is saying.
10. Just the Tips, by Nerdy Books
A daily Office tip available by email, from their site (http://www.nerdybooks.com), on my site (http://www.PowerPointAnswers.com) or on several other sites across the
web (Note from Editor: including my site:
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/nerdytip.htm ) At least one of
each week's tips are on PowerPoint. Check them out as you get time.
And there you have it… 10 great places to go for PowerPoint help!
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Kathryn Jacobs,
Microsoft MVP, PowerPoint and OneNote
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