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Shapes

Date Created: September 10th 2009
Last Updated: August 16th 2012


Excerpt/Capsule: Learn how you can create and manipulates shapes in PowerPoint -- knowledge of working with shapes is significant because they are the building blocks of creation in PowerPoint.






WindowsPowerPoint 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

Merge 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. ConnectorsSmart 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
  9. Creating Anchor Points for Connectors

Exotic Shapes

  1. Drawing Target Diagram
  2. Drawing Parabola
  3. Drawing Hyperbola
  4. Creating Curved Shape
  5. Drawing Trees
  6. Drawing Shopping Bags
  7. Cookie Cutter Shapes
  8. Drawing a CD or DVD
  9. Create Dashed Line Borders
  10. Drawing a Flag
  11. Create Organic Boxes

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

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
 

MacPowerPoint 2011 for Mac

Basics About Shapes

  1. Shape flipped horizontallyTypes of Shapes
  2. Insert Shapes
  3. Resizing Shapes
  4. Rotate Shapes
  5. Flip Shapes

Advanced Shape Techniques

  1. Selected shape in PowerPoint 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. Reordering of ShapesGroup, 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

Merge 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

Connectors

  1. ConnectorsSmart 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
  9. Creating Anchor Points for Connectors

Exotic Shapes

  1. Drawing Shopping BagsDrawing Target Diagram
  2. Drawing Parabola
  3. Drawing Hyperbola
  4. Drawing Trees
  5. Drawing Shopping Bags
  6. Cookie Cutter Shapes
  7. Drawing a CD or a DVD
  8. Create Dashed Line Borders
  9. Drawing a Flag
  10. Create Organic Boxes

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