We have already showed you how you can format 3D Styles to your
AutoShapes in PowerPoint 2003. This tutorial builds upon those options, here you'll learn how you can customize the applied 3D Style to further
change the look of your selected AutoShape.
Follow these steps to tweak 3-D Settings in PowerPoint 2003:
- Select a AutoShape that already has 3D Style applied which you want
to change further.
- Now access the Drawing toolbar and click the 3D Style icon to bring up the 3D Style gallery, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: 3D Styles gallery within the Drawing toolbar
Note: If the
Drawing toolbar is not visible (normally at the bottom of the PowerPoint interface, above the status
bar), choose
View |
Toolbars |
Drawing. This is a toggle option that alternatively shows and hides
the
Drawing toolbar. Learn more about the
PowerPoint 2003 interface
here.
- Within the 3D Style gallery, select 3-D Settings option, as shown highlighted in
red within Figure 1 above. This opens the 3-D Setting toolbar, as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: 3-D Settings toolbar
All the options within the 3-D Settings toolbar, as marked in Figure 2, above are explained below:
A. 3-D On/Off
This icon toggles between the states of applied 3D Style and no 3D Style.
B. Tilt Down/Up
These four icons allow to tilt the AutoShape up, down, left, and right. If no 3D Style is applied, these options will do
nothing.
C. Depth
Clicking this icon brings up the depth drop-down gallery, as shown in Figure 3. Here you can choose from the
available depth points or type in the value of depth in points within the Custom selection box.
Figure 3: Depth drop-down gallery
D. Direction
This brings up the direction drop-down gallery with various direction variations. Also you can choose from
Perspective or Parallel direction types.
Figure 4: Direction drop-down gallery
E. Lighting
Clicking this icon brings up the lighting drop-down gallery, as shown in Figure 5. Here you can choose from
three lighting types: Bright, Normal, and Dim. Once the light type is selected, choose from the
eight lighting directions.
Figure 5: Lighting drop-down gallery
F. Surface
PowerPoint provides four types of surface effects: Wire Frame, Matte, Plastic
, and Metal. Choose one of these based on your requirement.
Figure 5: Surface drop-down gallery
G. 3-D Color
Click the downward pointing arrow (highlighted in red within Figure 6) next to
this icon to access a drop-down gallery, as shown in Figure 6. Here you can choose any color for the 3D Depth.
Figure 6: 3-D Color drop-down gallery
Automatic is the default depth color, this translates to the fifth color in the active Color Scheme (highlighted in
blue in Figure 6, above). You can also choose any of the other colors in the Color Scheme.
The second row contains Recent Colors you may have selected to use in the active presentation, if you don't see a second row of
colors, that means you have not selected any colors yet!
More 3-D Colors... lets you choose any color you want for the depth, selecting this option summons the Colors
dialog box with two tabs: Standard and Custom, first select the Standard tab (see
Figure 7). This tab offers 127 colors in a honeycomb style palette, 14 gray shades, black and white.
Figure 7: Standard tab of the Colors dialog box
If you want more color choices, then select the Custom tab of the same dialog box, as shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8: Custom tab of the Colors dialog box
In this tab, you can chose any color from the spectrum and later adjust the selected color's luminosity with the slider on the right. You can even
enter specific values of RGB and HSL to create a specific color, all these combinations provide 16 million color choices!
Click OK to exit this dialog box.
- Save your presentation often.
See Also:
3-D Format Options for Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
3-D Format Options for Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
3-D Format Options for Shapes in PowerPoint 2011 for
Mac
3-D Format Options for Shapes in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
3-D Format Options for Shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows
