PowerPoint Help

When you don’t know how to do something in PowerPoint, you can look up your question with the Help feature. Help can answer your questions, offer tips, and provide guidance for all of PowerPoint’s features.

The Tell Me Field

The Tell Me field is a text field above the ribbon, where you can search for commands and get quick access to them.

1. Click the Tell Me field.
2. Type what you want to do.

   A menu appears, listing commands related to what you searched for, as well as a link to that topic’s help file.

3. Select the command you are looking for.
   

The Help Pane

If you're looking for more information about a topic, you can consult the Help files.

1. Click the Help tab.
2. Click the Help button.

   Press F1.

   A browser window opens to the Microsoft Office Support page.

3. Type a help topic and click the Search button.
4. Select a help topic.
   

Information is displayed regarding the topic you chose.