Shapes

All Versions

Basics About Shapes

1. Shift Key Fun
2. Rotation Fun

Advanced Shape Techniques

1. Working with Pie Shapes
2. Drawing Arcs

Callouts

1. Creating Diagonal Callouts

Exotic Shapes

1. Create Dashed Line Borders
2. Drawing a Flag
3. Create Organic Boxes

PowerPoint 365 for Windows

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
3. Format Painter

PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

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, Locking, and Renaming 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 by Dragging
2. Duplicate Shapes Using Ctrl+D

Aligning and Distributing Shapes

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

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

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

Text in Shapes

1. Text within Shapes
2. Rotate Text 180⁰ within Shapes
3. Align Text within Shapes and Text Boxes

Merge Shapes

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

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

Exotic Shapes

1. Cookie Cutter Shapes

PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

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
3. Format Painter
4. Change a Diagonal Line to a Horizontal or Vertical Line
5. Finding Length of a Diagonal Line
6. Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes

Selecting, Locking, and Renaming 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 by Dragging
2. Duplicate Shapes Using Keyboard Shortcuts
3. Drawing Multiple Shapes Quickly

Aligning and Distributing Shapes

1. Align Shapes
2. Align Shapes to Center of Slide
3. Distribute Shapes
4. Space Objects Equally

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Group, Ungroup, and Regroup Shapes
2. Nudge and Move Shapes
3. Reorder Shapes and Slide Objects

Circles and Squares

1. Drawing a Perfect Circle
2. Drawing a Perfect Square
3. Creating Semi-Circle Shapes
4. Creating Half Circle

Drawing Common Shapes

1. Creating Curved Shapes

Text in Shapes

1. Text within Shapes
2. Rotate Text 180⁰ within Shapes
3. Align Text Within Shapes and Text Boxes

Merge Shapes

1. Merge Shape Commands
2. Shape Combine Command
3. Shape Union Command
4. Shape Fragment Command
5. Shape Intersect Command
6. Shape Subtract Command
7. Convert Text to Shapes by Intersection
8. Convert Text to Shapes by Fragmentation
9. Merge Shapes with Pictures
10. Create Jigsaw Shapes with Merge Shapes Commands

Callouts

1. Callout Shapes
2. Attributing and Positioning Callouts
3. Formatting Callouts

Action Buttons

1. Action Buttons
2. Default Behaviors for Action Buttons
3. Hyperlinks for Action Buttons
4. Adding Iconography to Action Buttons

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

Connectors

1. Smart Connectors
2. Types of Connectors
3. Drawing Connectors
4. Change Connector Type
5. Formatting Connectors
6. Change Connector Color
7. Detach, Re-attach, and Delete Connectors
8. Reroute Connectors
9. Creating Anchor Points for Connectors

Exotic Shapes

1. Drawing Target Diagrams
2. Drawing Parabolas
3. Drawing Hyperbolas
4. Drawing Trees
5. Drawing Shopping Bags
6. Cookie Cutter Shapes
7. Drawing a CD or DVD

PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

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
3. Format Painter
4. Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes

Selecting, Locking, and Renaming 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 by Dragging
2. Duplicate Shapes Using Keyboard Shortcuts
3. Drawing Multiple Shapes Quickly

Aligning and Distributing Shapes

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

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Group, Ungroup and Regroup Shapes
2. Nudge and Move Shapes
3. Reorder Shapes

Circles and Squares

1. Drawing a Perfect Circle
2. Drawing a Perfect Square
3. Creating Semi-Circle Shapes
4. Creating Half Circle

Drawing Common Shapes

1. Creating Curved Shapes

Text in Shapes

1. Text Within Shapes
2. Align Text Within Shapes and Text Boxes

Merge Shapes

1. Add Combine Shape Commands to the Quick Access Toolbar
2. Shape Combine Command
3. Shape Union Command
4. Shape Intersect Command
5. Shape Subtract Command

Action Buttons

1. Action Buttons
2. Default Behaviors for Action Buttons
3. Hyperlinks for Action Buttons

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

Connectors

1. Smart Connectors
2. Types of Connectors
3. Drawing Connectors
4. Change Connector Type
5. Formatting Connectors
6. Change Connector Color
7. Detach, Re-attach, and Delete Connectors
8. Reroute Connectors
9. Creating Anchor Points for Connectors

Exotic Shapes

1. Drawing Target Diagram
2. Drawing Parabolas
3. Drawing Hyperbolas
4. Drawing Trees
5. Drawing Shopping Bags
6. Cookie Cutter Shapes
7. Drawing a CD or DVD

PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

Basics About Shapes

1. Types of Shapes
2. Insert Shapes

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Grouping Slide Objects
2. Ungrouping Slide Objects
3. Grouping and Ungrouping Shortcut Keys
4. Troubleshooting Grouping
5. Troubleshooting Ungrouping

Circles and Squares

1. Creating Semi-Circle Shapes
2. Creating Half Circles

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. Edit Points: Open and Close Paths
4. Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments

PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 for Windows

Basics About Shapes

1. Inserting AutoShape

Advanced Shape Techniques

1. Change One Shape to Another

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Grouping Slide Objects
2. Ungrouping Slide Objects
3. Grouping and Ungrouping Shortcut Keys
4. Troubleshooting Grouping
5. Troubleshooting Ungrouping

Circles and Squares

1. Creating Semi-Circle Shapes
2. Semi-Circles Again
3. Creating Half Circles

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

PowerPoint for the Web

Basics About Shapes

1. Types of Shapes
2. Insert Shapes
3. Resizing Shapes
4. Rotate Shapes
5. Flip Shapes

Advanced Drawing Techniques

1. Change One Shape to Another
2. Format Painter

PowerPoint 365 for Mac

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
3. Format Painter

PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Basics About Shapes

1. Types of Shapes
2. Insert Shapes
3. Resizing Shapes
4. Rotate Shapes
5. Flip Shapes

Advanced Shape Techniques

1. Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles

Selecting, Locking, and Renaming 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 by Dragging

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Reorder Shapes and Slide Objects

Text in Shapes

1. Text within Shapes
2. Rotate Text 180⁰ within Shapes
3. Align Text Within Shapes and Text Boxes

Merge Shapes

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

Advanced Drawing Techniques

1. Edit Points for Shapes

Exotic Shapes

1. Cookie Cutter Shapes

PowerPoint 2011 for Mac

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
3. Format Painter
4. Change a Diagonal Line to a Horizontal or Vertical Line
5. Finding Length of a Diagonal Line
6. Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes

Selecting, Locking, and Renaming Shapes

1. Select and Deselect Shapes

Duplicating Shapes, and Drawing Multiple Shapes

1. Duplicate Shapes by Dragging
2. Duplicate Shapes Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Aligning and Distributing Shapes

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

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Group, Ungroup, and Regroup Shapes
2. Nudge and Move Shapes
3. Reorder Shapes and Slide Objects
4. Dynamic Reordering of Shapes
5. Dynamic Reorder of Overlapping Shapes

Circles and Squares

1. Drawing a Perfect Circle
2. Drawing a Perfect Square
3. Creating Semi-Circles
4. Creating Half Circle

Drawing Common Shapes

1. Creating Curved Shapes

Text in Shapes

1. Text Within Shapes
2. Rotate Text 180⁰ within Shapes
3. Align Text Within Shapes and Text Boxes

Merge Shapes

1. Merge Shape Commands
2. Shape Combine Command
3. Shape Union Command
4. Shape Intersect Command
5. Shape Subtract Command

Callouts

1. Callout Shapes
2. Attributing and Positioning Callouts
3. Formatting Callouts

Action Buttons

1. Action Buttons
2. Default Behaviors for Action Buttons
3. Hyperlinks for Action Buttons

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

Connectors

1. Smart Connectors
2. Types of Connectors
3. Drawing Connectors
4. Change Connector Type
5. Formatting Connectors
6. Change Connector Color
7. Detach, Re-attach, and Delete Connectors
8. Reroute Connectors
9. Creating Anchor Points for Connectors

Exotic Shapes

1. Drawing Target Diagrams
2. Drawing Parabola
3. Drawing Hyperbola
4. Drawing Trees
5. Drawing Shopping Bags
6. Cookie Cutter Shapes
7. Drawing a CD or a DVD