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Insert Shapes in PowerPoint for the Web

Shapes let you do so much in PowerPoint. Once you master the art of adding and working with shapes, you can do so much. For example, you can place circles of various sizes one on top of the other to create something that looks like a target. Similarly, you can create seemingly complicated arrangements of shapes quite easily to create something that illustrates a concept or idea so much better than mere bulleted text. To create any such graphic content, you need to start by inserting common shapes. PowerPoint for the Web, the browser-based version of PowerPoint makes it easy to do so.

Learn how to insert shapes in PowerPoint for the Web.

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Tagged as: Insert, PowerPoint for the Web, Shapes, Tutorials

Formatting Outlines for Shapes (Dashes) in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

In previous tutorials, we have explained the formatting of shape outlines in PowerPoint 2007 and changing the weight of shape outlines. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can apply a dash style to the shape outline. A dashed line in PowerPoint 2007 can have plenty of variations: from a line with fewer dashes to ones with longer or smaller dashes, or even alternating small and long dashes.

Apply the dash attribute to shape outlines in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Dashes, Lines, Office 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Tutorials

Select, Deselect, View, and Hide Shapes Using the Selection Pane in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

To format any slide object in PowerPoint, you must select it. There are a couple of ways to select any slide object, as explained in our Select and Deselect Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac tutorial. Other than the obvious way of clicking the slide object to select, you can also use the Selection Pane. The Selection pane makes it easy to select slide objects that are difficult to locate, such as overlapping slide objects or objects placed behind a larger object in busy, populated slides.

Learn how to select Shapes using the Selection Pane in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Selection, Selection Pane, Tutorials

Is It, Like, OK To Say ‘Like’?

By Jerry Weissman

John Hamilton McWhorter V thinks that the pervasive and prolific insertion of the word “like” into daily conversations by teenagers—and increasingly by adults—is a positive contribution to spoken communication. Although Mr. McWhorter is an unimpeachable authority on language (Columbia University faculty and countless articles, papers, and books), I disagree with him; not with conversational usage, but in presentations. Given his estimable credentials, I cannot challenge his turf, only mine.

Image: StockUnlimited

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Tagged as: Guest Post, Jerry Weissman, Opinion

PowerPoint and Presenting News: August 21, 2018

In this issue, we show you how you can use PowerPoint’s drawing and animation capabilities together to create an animate a car–with moving wheels!

For PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users, we feature tutorials on Duplicating Slides, and Changing the Numbered List Style. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can learn about Types of Shapes and Resizing Shapes. And if that wasn’t enough for this week, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates released in the last week.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

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