Align Shapes to Center of Slide in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac

We have already explored aligning shapes in PowerPoint. However, for alignment to work at all you need to have multiple shapes or other slide objects selected so that they can align with each other. So, what if you want to align one shape, or even a single group of shapes to the exact center of your slide?

Fortunately, that is easy to achieve. Follow these steps to center your selected shape or group of shapes to the slide in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac:

1. Select a shape, or even a group of shapes placed on the slide, as shown in Figure 1, below.
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   Figure 1: Shape selected on the PowerPoint slide
2. Access the Home tab of the Ribbon, and click the Arrange button. In the resultant gallery, click the Align or Distribute option to bring up the Align or Distribute sub-gallery, as shown in Figure 2, below. Make sure that the Align to Slide option is selected. This selection is indicated by a check mark, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2.
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   Figure 2: Align to Slide option selected in the Align or Distribute sub-gallery
3. With the Align to Slide option selected, click both the Align Center and the Align Middle options. Make sure to click these options one after the other.
4. This action will position the shape to the exact center of the slide, as shown in Figure 3, below.
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   Figure 3: Selected shape aligned to the center of the slide
5. Save your presentation often.