You know, I've been wracking my brain for that "basic basic" PPT website that might help you get started, but I can't really think of one. I know there are a lot of books that would be appropriate, but I don't know how helpful they would be for you, Rex. Brian Reilly's "Create PowerPoint in a Weekend" or the IDG "PowerPoint for Dummies" would both be good beginnings if a book would be appropriate. Oh, duh. I typed PowerPoint Getting Started into Google and the following site popped up. http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/agronomy/TECHSPT/tutorials/pwrpoint/Basics/pwrpnt_b asics01.htm Since it mentions Windows 95, it's probably a bit old, but the main gist should be the same. Worth a try, anyway. This one looks promising as well. http://homepage.cs.uri.edu/tutorials/csc101/powerpoint/ppt.html http://www.techweb.ecisd.net/pdf/ppstart.pdf is Mac oriented, but it covers the basics which are applicable to the PC version also (note that last link pulls up a PDF file). http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/selfhelp/documentation/ppt97-i1/ppt97-i1.htm and http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/seminars/ppt2000/starting-create.html also showed up on the first page of the Google search, and they both look useful as well. There is a microsoft powerpoint newsgroup that can be accessed through http://groups.google.com (type in microsoft.public.powerpoint ) or you can access it through the MS web interface if you prefer. http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=Prod_Office&sLCI D=US&newsgroup=microsoft.public.powerpoint I can give you a link to access it through a newsreader if that's easier for you, just let me know. You're welcome to ask any question--even the most basic ones--in the PPT group. It's a very friendly bunch of people, a true community! (And there's only the one group--it's not split into PowerPoint VBA, PowerPoint Publishing, etc., as many of the MS groups are.) We operate on the philosophy that the only dumb question is the one unasked. Hopefully some of that will give you some resources when you're ready to begin with PPT. -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex Leslie Howard Jr." <hbk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 2:47 PM Subject: [mso] Re: powerpoint and a note for Vic > I need the basic basic basic guide to PowerPoint. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************