7. Working with Shapes
In This Chapter
- Insertion Tricks
- Drawing Tools Format Tab
- Creating Custom Shapes
- Using Connectors to Save Time
- What Do Those Yellow Diamonds Do?
- The Brand New Selection Pane
- Embedding Objects from Other Applications
- Grouping Shapes and Objects
Most PowerPoint beginners rarely use them at all, but mastering the art of vector shapes is one of the keys to being a PowerPoint power user. Though shapes seem deceptively simple, there’s a great deal of power under the covers.
Insertion Tricks
One of the first things you see when launching PowerPoint is the Shapes gallery or drop-down (see Figure 7.1) located on the Home ribbon in the Drawing group.
Figure 7.1 The Shapes group. The shapes in the Recently Used Shapes section ...
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