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If you click on the Help menu
and click Microsoft Office PowerPoint Help, you’ll see a task pane pop
up on the right hand side of your screen. (You can also open this task
pane by pressing the F1 key on your keyboard or clicking the help icon  on the
standard toolbar.)
Let’s take a look at that task
pane.
If you choose to type in a
question, topic, or other query in the text box and click the green Go
arrow, your results will then appear in the task pane, like the sample
on the next page.
With Microsoft Office PowerPoint
2003, you can access several types of content (as long as you have not
turned off content from Office Online). These include:
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Marketplace Tools |
Items you can purchase
from Microsoft or other companies to provide extra functions not
found in PowerPoint. Clicking on this type of help will open the
link in your Internet browser. |
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Downloads |
Add-ins made by
Microsoft (and normally available for free) that can add tools
to PowerPoint. |
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Templates |
Pre-made documents to
help you get started on a project. These are usually available
as free downloads from Microsoft. Clicking on this type of help
will open the link in Internet Explorer. |
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Articles |
A help item stored on
the Microsoft Web site. Unlike regular help items, they are
updated from time to time. These may include text, audio
demonstrations, video demonstrations, or a combination of media.
Clicking on this type of help will open the link in Internet
Explorer. |
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Training |
A mini-course that
usually focuses on one particular task. Clicking on this type of
help will open the link in your Internet browser as the training
course is located on the Microsoft Web site. |
Your help results will all
appear as links. You can click on any of these links and the topic will
appear in a separate window. The type of window that appears depends on
what kind of content you click.
Remember that all types of
results act the same no matter where you launch help from.
Regular help topics will
probably make up the bulk of your search results. These also open in
their own window, but they open right on top of PowerPoint, like this:
The great thing is that the Help
window will appear as its own entry in the taskbar, so it can be
minimized separate from PowerPoint. This lets you tuck it away until you
need it again. You can also resize it to make it fit around your
document.
Let’s take a closer look at that
help window.
Here’s a brief description of
each of the elements:
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Use these buttons to
minimize, maximize, or close the Help window. |
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Use the first button to
make your help window appear as a pane on the left hand side of
the PowerPoint screen. Click it again to return it to a square
window. Or, you can use the arrows to move to the previous or
next help result. Last but not least, click the Print icon to
print out this help result. |
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Some words have
definitions; they are shown as light blue text in the help
window. (A sample is circled in blue.) You can click on these
words for a definition to appear in brackets after the word. Or,
you can click Show All to show all the definitions in the help
result. (Not all help results will contain definitions.) |
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You can click phrases
that have a right-facing arrow to expand them. (Not all help
results will have these kinds of phrases.) |
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Click the See Also link
to see links to other topics that might be helpful. (Not all
help results will have this link.) |
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Click these buttons to
send feedback to Microsoft about this help result. |
You can see that there are many
types of resources within a help result; it’s a good idea to get
familiar with them as they can help you learn a lot about PowerPoint.
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