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The Union command is part of Merge Shapes commands in PowerPoint that lets you unite two or more shapes with each other. The benefit of the Shape Union option is that you can quickly create complex shapes that may not have been easy to accomplish otherwise within PowerPoint. The Union command combines all overlapping and non-overlapping areas of shapes, subtracts nothing, and retains formatting of first selected shape.
Learn how you can unite shapes together in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
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Gil Segal is the creator of ToolsToo and a senior software consultant. Gil is always on the lookout for ways to automate manual tasks in any software he uses and has been a PowerPoint power-user since the mid-90s.
In this interview, Gil talks about the new ToolsToo v7.2 add-in for PowerPoint.
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PowerPoint provides several bullet styles that you can choose from, but they do look a little canned since almost every PowerPoint slide these days uses the same bullet styles! You could get rid of bullets altogether and use small sentences/paragraphs instead, or maybe you could explore picture bullets, to insert any picture as your bullet. Of course, for picture bullets to work, your picture needs to be small, no larger than a medium-sized dot. And it helps if it has transparent areas. If all this talk about the size and transparency of a picture bullet makes you curious, don’t worry because we explain it all!
Learn how to use pictures as bullets in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
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We first explore how you can express RGB color values in both hexadecimal and decimal values. We then feature Jamie Garroch who talks about the Custom Colors feature in his YOUtools add-in for PowerPoint. Jerry Weissman explores a viral video, and how you can replicate a similar media success. Bess Gallanis explores stories, and how you can leverage the power of storytelling so that your story is better.
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn about Working with Snap to Grid and Adding More Guides. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users will find out more about Inserting Shapes and Merge Shape commands. 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.
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There are so many shapes available in PowerPoint, and that’s good because that means so many more possibilities to create your own unique shapes by using any of the Merge Shapes commands. One of the amazing options within Merge Shapes is Combine, which retains areas where the shapes do not overlap while removing the overlapping areas. Think of Combine as an amazing cutout option!
Learn how you can combine shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
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