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Results of Extreme Shapes contest!

March 10, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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A few weeks ago, in my newsletter, I announced a contest based on my blog post, “Customize slide objects to the extreme.” With a great prize — the winner would get a choice of one of my two $97 products. What, you aren’t a subscriber? You can subscribe here. Subscribers sometimes get special offers like […]

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Customize slide objects to the extreme

February 15, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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Do you want to take customization of slide objects to the extreme? You can customize slide objects in 2 big ways: Combine Shapes: You can add them together (Union), substract them, and more — combine, fragment (PowerPoint 2013 only), intersect. See this link for a list of 4 posts I wrote on the topic. Edit […]

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How to create your very own cool shapes with the Custom Shapes tools: Part IV-Combine

October 10, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

PowerPoint tips: combine shapes

This is the final installment of a 4-part series on the Custom Shapes tools. If you haven’t read those posts, I recommend reading them first. Part I: Union (This part tells you how to find the tools, which are hidden by default.) Part II: Subtract Part III: Intersect Combining shapes You might think that Union […]

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How to create your very own cool shapes with the Custom Shapes tools: Part I-Union

May 19, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein 21 Comments

PowerPoint 2010 Custom Shapes

PowerPoint 2010 has a new feature that’s very hard to find, but people are praising it over and over. It’s called Custom Shapes, and it’s a set of 4 tools that you can use to create your very own shapes–the sky’s the limit! Why do you need Custom Shapes? To make your slides unique! For […]

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