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In Praise of Analogies

By Jerry Weissman

Professional writers—fiction, non-fiction, journalists, even sportswriters—strive to find new and creative ways to add dimension to their writing. One of the most effective techniques at their disposal is to use an analogy or a comparison of seemingly unrelated subjects. As soon as readers see the connection between the two, they gain a better understanding of the primary material.

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Rotate Shapes in PowerPoint for the Web

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 for the Web, rotation can be applied in three ways.

Learn how to rotate shapes approximately and accurately in PowerPoint for the Web.

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Rotate Shapes in PowerPoint 365 for Mac

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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Tagged as: Mac, Microsoft 365, Office 365, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 365, PowerPoint for Mac, Rotate, Shapes, Tutorials

Rotate Shapes in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

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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PowerPoint and Presenting News: December 27, 2022

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.

We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.

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

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