Shapes Tutorials on Indezine

What is a Shape?

Using Shapes in PowerPoint

These tutorials were created using PowerPoint 2016 for Windows. However, many such tutorials are also available for other Windows (2010, 2013) and Mac (2011, 2016) versions. You can also see all Shapes tutorials on one page.

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 Yellow Handles

Selecting Shapes

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

Duplicating Shapes, and Drawing Multiple Shapes

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

Merge Shapes

1. Merge Shape Commands
2. Shape Combine
3. Shape Union
4. Shape Fragment Command
5. Shape Intersect Command
6. Shape Subtract
7. Convert Text to Shapes by Intersecting
8. Convert Text to Shapes by Fragmenting
9. Merge Shapes with Pictures

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Group, Ungroup, and Regroup Shapes
2. Nudge Shapes

Text in Shapes

1. Text within Shapes

Aligning and Distributing Shapes

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

Text in Shapes

1. Rotate Text 180° within Shapes
2. Align Text within Shapes / Text Boxes

Exotic Shapes

1. Cookie Cutter Shapes

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) for Shapes
3. Types of Points (Vertexes) for Shapes
4. Edit Points - Open and Close Paths
5. Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments