Learn how to select, deselect, view, and hide shapes using the Selection pane in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows. The Selection Pane can also be used to deselect, view, and hide shapes and other slide objects.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 and higher
To format any slide object in PowerPoint, you must select it. There are couple of ways with which you can select any slide object. Other than the obvious way of clicking the slide object to select, you can also use the Selection Pane. It’s always more difficult to select overlapping slide objects or objects placed behind a larger object in busy, populated slides. To select slide objects that are difficult to locate, you can use the Selection Pane.
Follow these steps to select shape(s) using the Selection Pane in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows:
See Also:
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