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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 II-Subtract

July 5, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein 6 Comments

This is Part II of a series on custom shapes in PowerPoint 2010. Part I, on Union is here. In that post I explain how to find the custom shapes feature. The Subtract command subtracts one shape from another. It’s great for cutouts and holes. Let’s say I want a bucket with a hole in […]

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