Microsoft has brought an ingenious function in PowerPoint 2010 with the shape tools. With these four tools, pretty much all conceivable objects can be constructed in a very short time. Unfortunately, this function is so hidden that you would not normally come across it. It is necessary to intervene in the customization options of the ribbon in order to activate the respective buttons.
That's why you go with one right-click also use the command via the ribbon Ribbon to adjust.
Now navigate to the right in the main registration cards via Start on drawing. There you put one New Group
For the name of this group, it is recommended Shape tools to choose. This can be done using the button Rename or change with a right click.
Once you have created the new group, you switch to the left-hand side, where you can first go to the drop-down menu at the top commands not im Ribbon selects. Now go to the in the list four shape functionsthat one after the other using the button Addto add to the newly created group.
If the new group looks like this, you can join OK leave the customization options.
In the future it will be under the tab Start the newly created group Shape tools .
In order to give a brief insight into the design possibilities, a Example listed.
These individual parts are just a few clicks away and the function Shape union a new graphic.
Further subtleties can then be added to the functions Intersection, combination and subtraction realize. There are no limits to your imagination.
Important is there, always at least two objects to use the function. The easiest way to do this is with the Ctrl + left click any height.
