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Shapes are a great way to make your
presentations more interesting.

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PowerPoint gives you a lot of different
shapes to choose from and they can be

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customized to suit your needs using your
preferences.

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To get started go to the Insert tab,
click the shapes command, then take a

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look at the menu and see if there's
anything you want to use.

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In this example, we're going to 
select the heart shape here.

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To draw a shape, click and drag the
mouse roughly where you want to go.

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The shape will appear with your current
color scheme.

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The quickest way to change the look of your shape is to use one of the predefined styles on the Format tab.

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These options will depend on the colors
that are part of your current theme.

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Hover over each one for a preview and
see if there's anything you like.

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You can also use the commands on the
right to choose your own formatting options,

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such as the fill color, outline color, and other shape effects.

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You can even change the shape itself if
you want to try something different.

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Make sure that the shape you want to
change is selected

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then click the Edit Shape command on the far left of the Format tab.

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You can then choose a new shape from the menu.

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I'm going to go with the Sun shape.

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And I think I'd like to make a few more
tweaks.

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First I'm going to make this shape a
little smaller using the sizing handles here.

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These can be found on the sides and the
corners of any shape or object in PowerPoint.

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Every shape also has a rotation handle that you can drag in any direction to rotate it.

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If your shape has any yellow handles,
like the one you see here,

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you can use those to make other adjustments in this case the yellow handle changes the

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proportions of the sun, but it really
just depends;

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some shapes don't have this option at all.

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Finally I think change the fill color to
something that's a little more appropriate for a sun.

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How about this yellow color?

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The great thing about shapes is that
they can be combined and customized to

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create your own unique graphics.

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Mastering this element can take time, but
with a little practice,

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and a little creativity you can create almost anything!

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let's try adding another shape so I can
show you what I mean

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and I'll just to eat this

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your movie out

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and there we go

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when you're working with multiple shapes
there may be a time when you want to

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change the order at the correct shape is
in front or on top this will come up a

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lot with shapes so it's a good technique
to now

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just right click one of your shapes then
go to bring to front and center back

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now meaning to experiment with these
options to make sure your shape their

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range the way you want

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in this example that so I could the
cloud shape and I want to move it behind

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the Sun so I'm going to choose center
back then send backward

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and that'll do it

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there are so many things you can do with
shapes in PowerPoint this graphic is

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just one example so give it a try and
see what you can come up with you can

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use just one shape at a time or you can
try combining them to create something

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new