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What if you draw a line in PowerPoint that is slanted or sloped? Now, if you want to know the length of this line, you should know that there’s no built-in feature within PowerPoint to do so. But, why would you even want to know the size of the line? That’s because you may have to create multiple diagonal lines and the second line may need to be exactly half the length of the first line. There may be any number of other reasons why you need to draw other shapes that are proportional, relative to this line.
Learn how to find out the length of a slanted (diagonal) line in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.
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PowerPoint 365
Tagged as: Lines, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Windows, Office 365, PowerPoint 365, Shapes, Tutorials
In PowerPoint, you rotate shapes using the white rotation handle that appears when you select a shape. However, have you ever noticed that the open line shape in PowerPoint doesn’t show a white rotation handle? Yes, notice that the rectangle shape includes a white rotation handle whereas there is no such handle on the Line shape. Now, if you want to rotate any diagonal line to make it either perfectly horizontal or vertical, how would you do so?
Learn how to change a diagonal line to a horizontal or vertical line in PowerPoint for the Web.
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PowerPoint for the Web
Tagged as: Lines, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Office, Office for the Web, OneDrive, PowerPoint, PowerPoint for the Web, Shapes, Tutorials
In PowerPoint, you rotate shapes using the white rotation handle that appears when you select a shape. However, have you ever noticed that the open line shape in PowerPoint doesn’t show a white rotation handle? Yes, notice that the rectangle shape includes a white rotation handle whereas there is no such handle on the Line shape. Now, if you want to rotate any diagonal line to make it either perfectly horizontal or vertical, how would you do so?
Learn how to change a diagonal line to a horizontal or vertical line in PowerPoint 365 for Mac.
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PowerPoint 365
Tagged as: Line, Mac, Microsoft 365, Office 365, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 365, PowerPoint for Mac, Shapes, Tutorials
Chantal Bossé, president of CHABOS, is a presentation & visual communication leader, TEDx speaker coach, Microsoft Office Apps & Services MVP and expert trainer on the LinkedIn Learning platform. She helps speakers and small businesses improve their PowerPoint presentations and public speaking, and their Microsoft 365 & Teams skills. Her goal is to help clients increase their bottom line by leveraging the power of their Microsoft 365 applications. CHABOS’ mission is helping small businesses and end-users be more empowered and efficient with communication and collaborative technologies.
In this conversation, Chantal talks about her new book, Microsoft PowerPoint Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques.
Geetesh: Chantal, please tell us about your new book, Microsoft PowerPoint Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques. What motivated you to write this book?
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Tagged as: Books, Chantal Bossé, Interviews
We first look at the new feature for collapsing and expanding groups in PowerPoint using the BrightSlide add-in. Jamie Garroch of BrightCarbon talks about how this feature evolved and why it is such a time-saver.
We then look at the Format Painter feature in PowerPoint and how you can use it with multiple objects, even if the source and destination objects are on different slides or presentations. We bring you Format Painter tutorials for users of PowerPoint 365 for Windows and Mac, and also for PowerPoint for the Web users. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.
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