Chapter 10. Working with Shapes

This chapter teaches you how to create and format shapes that add pizzazz to your presentations.

A shape is an object you can place on a slide, such as a line, arrow, rectangle, circle, square, callout, and so forth. You can quickly insert a basic shape in your presentation, but after you use PowerPoint for a little while, you’ll probably want to modify the default shape formats. With practice, you can use PowerPoint’s shape formatting options to help your presentations communicate your message more effectively.

In this chapter, you learn how to insert shapes into your PowerPoint presentation and then modify and enhance them. You can also listen to tips about enhancing shapes and watch videos that show you how ...

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