Learn how to duplicate shapes by dragging them to make copies on a slide in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows. This is a quick and intuitive way to quickly end up with duplicated shapes.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows XP and higher
Shapes in PowerPoint are very useful in representing design or content, but when you create a slide that has such a framework, it is common to have several shapes of the same size and other attributes on a slide. Figure 1 shows a sample where the same shape has been used multiple times.
Figure 1: Same shape used for multiple times
Yes, you can go ahead and insert the same shape into PowerPoint repeatedly, but that's causing you to lose so much productive time you could have used elsewhere! There are quicker alternatives for duplicating shapes that can be learned if you follow these guidelines:
See Also:
Duplicating Shapes, and Drawing Multiple Shapes: Duplicate Shapes by Dragging in PowerPoint (Index Page)
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