Microsoft Answers: The PowerPoint Support Forum
There are several groups of friendly people who'll answer your questions and help solve your PowerPoint problems. All you need to do is ask.
But politely, please.
For the most part, they're volunteers, not Microsoft employees. Rudeness is probably the best way to get yourself ignored.
And Life Pro Tip: While you may have sought them out because PowerPoint has enraged you with some idiot behavior or other, don't rant, don't SHOUT. It's not their fault and they're probably as annoyed by it as you are. Deep breath. Calmly state the problem.
Where can I find them?
The Microsoft Learn Q&A Community is Microsoft's newest support forum as of mid-2025. That's the best link I can come up with for "take me directly to PowerPoint, please".
But yes, it leaves a lot to be desired. As does the forum itself, in my estimation. It's a navigational nightmare.
Maybe it'll get better, maybe not.
Instead, I'd recommend ...
The PowerPoint subreddit on Reddit.com. No lunatic jump-through-hoops security measures, lots of VERY knowledgeable people who're willing to help, and no robo-helpers offering cheery but useless suggestions.
Please do read the simple rules on the right before posting any messages.
You may still be able to find good information on the old PowerPoint section of the Microsoft Answers forum. If it's still there. Microsoft closed it to new questions/answers in mid-July, 2025 and may eventually remove it altogether.
Wherever you go, improve your odds of getting answers
See Guidelines for the PowerPoint Newsgroup to learn how to ask support questions in a way that's likely to produce fast, accurate answers. These suggestions are good for anyplace online where you can look for help.
(So what's this PowerPoint Newsgroup, then? Back when we used dinosaur eggs instead of mice, there were several online sources of technical information and discussion of just about any topic imagineable. Bulletin Boards, CompuServe, Yahoo, and newsgroups. Microsoft eventually started its own newsgroup just for tech support. That morphed into several iterations of MS Answers and now, the Microsoft Learn Q&A Community. Now now you know.)