Let us imagine that your shape in PowerPoint has effects, animations, and fills applied. Later you realize that you used the wrong shape to start with, or perhaps your boss wants you to change the shape but retain all the effects, animations, and fills! You may want to delete and start over again, and that is a long drawn process — but you can change any existing shape into another by following these steps in PowerPoint 2011.
Learn how to change one shape to another in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

