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Let us say you insert a shape into your PowerPoint slide. What do you do next? You probably want to make some changes to it, like resizing or rotating it. This is no different than what we do in our everyday lives, like rearranging our work desks or even changing the position of our favorite chair. Similarly, all objects on your slide need to be arranged in a way that feels appropriate, and rotation is one way of making this change happen. In PowerPoint 365 for Mac, rotation can be applied in three ways.
Learn how to rotate shapes approximately and accurately in PowerPoint 365 for Mac.
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Let us say you insert a shape into your PowerPoint slide. What do you do next? You probably want to make some changes to it, like resizing or rotating it. This is no different than what we do in our everyday lives, like rearranging our work desks or even changing the position of our favorite chair. Similarly, all objects on your slide need to be arranged in a way that feels appropriate, and rotation is one way of making this change happen. In PowerPoint 365 for Windows, rotation can be applied in three ways.
Learn how to rotate shapes approximately and accurately in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.
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Tagged as: Microsoft 365, Microsoft Windows, Office 365, PowerPoint 365, Rotate, Shapes, Tutorials
We first feature well-known author Jerry Weissman, who talks about the 3rd edition of his book, In the Line of Fire. We also show how you can optimally resize shapes in three ways: by dragging, by using keyboard shortcuts, and by typing exact values. We bring you tutorials for resizing shapes in PowerPoint 365 for Windows and Mac. We also have a similar PowerPoint for the Web tutorial.
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You typically insert shapes on a slide, by clicking or click-dragging, but even then, you may realize that the shape you placed is not the perfect size. Do you want it larger, or a wee bit smaller? Either way, it’s easy to make the size change in a jiffy, right inside PowerPoint.
Learn how to resize shapes in PowerPoint for the Web.
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Jerry Weissman is the founder and president of Suasive, Inc., formerly Power Presentations, Ltd. Jerry founded Suasive in 1988 and quickly established himself as the coach for Silicon Valley CEOs delivering critical presentations for their IPO roadshows. He taught them to tell their company stories through the eyes of their investors, and in so doing, significantly increased the valuations of their companies. He amassed an elite client list and soon widened his focus to helping public and privately held companies develop and deliver all types of business presentations.
Today his methodology has helped thousands of companies on every continent deliver mission-critical presentations with clarity, confidence, and maximum persuasion. Jerry is the author of five books on presentations, among them the recently released trilogy: Presenting to Win, The Power Presenter, In the Line of Fire, and regularly blogs for Forbes.
In this conversation, Jerry talks about the recently released 3rd edition of his book, In the Line of Fire.
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