Shapes

Date Created: September 10th 2009
Last Updated: February 8th 2012

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PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

Basics About Shapes

1. Types of Shapes
2. Insert Shapes
3. Resizing Shapes
4. Rotate Shapes
5. Flip Shapes

Advanced Shape Techniques

1. Change One Shape To Another
2. Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Diamonds
3. Format Painter
   

Selecting Shapes

1. Select, Deselect, View, and Hide Shapes Using the Selection and Visibility Task Pane
2. Select and Deselect Shapes

Duplicating Shapes, and Drawing Multiple Shapes

1. Duplicate Shapes by Dragging
2. Duplicate Shapes Using Ctrl+D
3. Drawing Multiple Shapes Quickly

Aligning and Distributing Shapes

1. Align Shapes
2. Align Shapes to Center of Slide
3. Distribute Shapes

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Group, Ungroup and Regroup Shapes
2. Nudge and Move Shapes
3. Reorder Shapes

Circles and Squares

1. Drawing a Perfect Circle
2. Drawing a Perfect Square
3. Creating Semi-Circles
4. Creating Half Circle

Text in Shapes

1. Text Within Shapes
2. Align Text Within Shapes / Text Box

Combine Shapes

1. Add Combine Shape Commands to the Quick Access Toolbar
2. Shape Combine Command
3. Shape Intersect Command
4. Shape Subtract Command
5. Shape Union Command

Action Buttons

1. Action Buttons
2. Default Behaviors for Action Buttons
3. Hyperlinks for Action Buttons

Drawing Lines

1. Drawing Lines
2. Drawing Curved Lines
3. Drawing Freeform Line
4. Drawing Scribble Lines

Advanced Drawing Techniques

1. Edit Points for Shapes
2. Add or Delete Points (Vertexes) for Shapes
3. Types of Points (Vertexes)
4. Edit Points: Open and Close Paths
5. Edit Points: Curved and Straight Segment

Connectors

1. Smart Connectors
2. Types of Connectors
3. Drawing Connectors
4. Change Connector Type
5. Formatting Connectors
6. Change Connector Color
7. Detach, Re-attach, and Delete Connectors
8. Reroute Connectors

Exotic Shapes

1. Drawing Target Diagram
2. Drawing Parabolas
3. Drawing Hyperbolas
4. Creating Curved Shape
5. Drawing Trees
6. Drawing Shopping Bags
7. Cookie Cutter Shapes
8. Drawing a CD or DVD
   

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PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

Basics About Shapes

1. Types of Shapes
2. Insert Shapes
   

Semi-Circles and Half Circles

1. Creating Semi-Circles
2. Creating Half Circle

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PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 for Windows

About Auto Shapes

1. Inserting AutoShape
2. Changing AutoShape

Semi-Circles and Half Circles

1. Creating Semi-Circles in PowerPoint 2003
2. Half Circle in PowerPoint 2003

 

PowerPoint 2011 for Mac

Basics About Shapes

1. Types of Shapes
2. Insert Shapes
3. Resizing Shapes
4. Rotate Shapes
5. Flip Shapes

Advanced Shape Techniques

1. Change One Shape To Another
   
2. Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Diamonds
3. Format Painter

Selecting Shapes

1. Select and Deselect Shapes

Duplicating Shapes, and Drawing Multiple Shapes

1. Duplicate Shapes by Dragging
2. Duplicate Shapes Using Command+D

Aligning and Distributing Shapes

1. Align Shapes
2. Align Shapes to the Center of the Slide
3. Distribute Shapes

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Group, Ungroup and Regroup Shapes
2. Nudge and Move Shapes
   
3. Reorder Slide Objects
   
4. Dynamic Reordering of Shapes
5. Dynamic Reorder of Overlapping Shapes

Circles and Squares

1. Drawing a Perfect Circle
2. Drawing a Perfect Square
3. Creating Semi-Circles
4. Creating Half Circle
   

Text in Shapes

1. Text Within Shapes
2. Align Text Within Shapes / Text Boxes

Combine Shapes

1. Combine Shapes Commands
2. Shape Combine Command
3. Shape Union Command
4. Shape Intersect Command
5. Shape Subtract Command

Action Buttons

1. Action Buttons
2. Default Behaviors for Action Buttons
3. Hyperlinks for Action Buttons

Drawing Lines

1. Drawing Lines
2. Drawing Curved Lines
3. Drawing Freeform Lines
4. Drawing Scribble Lines

Advanced Drawing Techniques

1. Edit Points for Shapes
2. Add or Delete Points (Vertexes) of Shapes
3. Types of Points (Vertexes)
4. Edit Points: Open and Close Paths
5. Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments