Echo said:
What information would you like to find when you search for "fade
smoothly"? We may be able to get that fixed eventually if we know what
type of information you're after....
I thank you for the interest and I'm surprised that a MS PPT
MVP is not familiar with the sorry state of the help function.
Here's the story.
Julie suggested that I choose "fade smoothly" as the slide
transition. I am not familiar with PPT, so I did not know
which tool bar to use to find it. I "flipped through" the
PPT2007 menu bar/etc tabs and saw no words saying "fade
smoothly." So I clicked on help and typed in the term "fade
smoothly."
The return was:
Searched for: ""fade smoothly""
No results were found matching ""fade smoothly"".
Then I removed the quotes and got a useless return:
Searched for: "fade smoothly"
Results 1-3 of 3
Page: [1] Next
What's new in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Help > What's new
Animate your SmartArt graphic
Help > Working with graphics and charts > Adding charts,
diagrams, or tables
Learn more about SmartArt graphics
Help > Working with graphics and charts > Adding charts,
diagrams, or tables
Results 1-3 of 3
I googled and got directions for PPT2 and PPT 2003.
I finally stumbled onto it myself under "animation"
"transition this slide" and when I passed the cursor over
the various screen combinations, the tool tip read "FADE
SMOOTHLY under #2. A Eureka moment.
I wonder how a term used and built into PPT 2007 is not
found in help for PPT 2007?
And, slightly off the subject, there are an the insane
number of entries for some help question items without even
a suggestion of how locate the correct toolbar AND, how come
a question about a PowerPoint function will in some
instances return a help answer for Excel or Word? In other
words, the help function is poor and unhelpful. I gave up on
help and bought PowerPoint for Dummies, which for the most
part answers questions (I happen to be on the road without
the book, hence my trying the "onboard" help and then
turning to the ever resourceful MS PPT NG.
Again, thanks for your interest. Does that clear things up?