![]() I’ll hold down “Shift” when I draw to keep the proportions. I’ll click “INSERT”, “Shapes” and then I’ll start with a 12 pointed star. In PowerPoint 2013 you have more advanced options to create your own shapes by merging shapes together. On this next slide, I want to add gear wheels but I haven’t found a good picture on the Internet so I’ll just create my own shapes. How to Merge shapes together in PowerPoint 2013? I’ll expand the “REFLECTION” section and here I’ll choose to change the size of the reflection to make it a bit smaller. The “FORMAT” pane appears where you can modify the settings of your picture. To change the reflection settings, right-click and select “Format Picture”. I’ll select this one but I want to make the reflection a bit smaller. Here I get a live preview of what different options look like. Click “Picture Effects” and then select “Reflection”. To add a reflection to an object mark the object so that the “PICTURE TOOLS” appear. How to add reflections to an object in PowerPoint 2013? I’ll fit in my screenshot into the picture of the iPad, mark both objects, right click and select to “Group” them into one single object, then I’ll just reposition the image a bit. If you hold down “Shift” when you resize you make sure to keep the proportions of your picture. I’ll make it a little bit bigger by pulling the bottom right corner. ![]() I’ll send it back one layer by clicking “Send Backward” and then “Send to Back”. Now I’ll rotate the picture by going to the “FORMAT” tab, “Arrange” and then clicking “Rotate 90 degrees”. And there! Now the iPad has been cropped to its proper shape. I’ll move the little yellow marker to change the sharpness of the rounded corner. Here I’ll select a rectangle with rounded corners. Mark the object, on the “FORMAT” tab, click “Crop” and then “Crop to shape”. If you want to crop objects into other forms than just rectangles you can use “Crop to shape”. However, the iPad has rounded corners but the crop shape is square. Under the “PICTURE TOOLS”, under “FORMAT” tab, I’ll click “Crop” and then I’ll move the handlebars so that they are side by side with the picture. ![]() I’ll select this image and click “Insert”.įirst I need to crop it. I’ll click “INSERT”, “Online Pictures” and then type in iPad in the “Bing” image source. Here I have a screenshot taken from my iPad but I’d like to show the actual image of the iPad, so I’ll search for it online. How to Crop images to a certain shape in PowerPoint 2013? On this slide, I want to add gear wheels to symbolize our customized training solutionsĪnd on this third slide, I want to create a more selling ad that looks like this. On this slide, I want to add an iPad frame and add a reflection to the picture. ![]() I’m going to use images, shapes and shadows to make some of these slides a bit more interesting. Here I have a sales presentation about our video trainings. ![]() Now I’ll show you how you can use shapes in PowerPoint 2013 to make your slides even more attractive. In PowerPoint 2013 you can get even more creative forming your own shapes by merging them together. In addition to this, you have unlimited options of drawing your own shapes. There are millions of images available on the Internet that you can use to make your presentations more interesting. ![]()
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