by Amy Pearson
One of the new features of PowerPoint 2010 is the ability to
create custom shapes. You can do this by taking one or more separate shapes and
combining them in one of four ways – union, subtract, combine, or intersect.
Our Figure shows how an overlapped circle and star behave when each of the four
different options is applied.
Although using the union, subtract, combine, or intersect
commands is quite simple, finding them is a little more difficult. They are not
automatically available when you install PowerPoint. They must be added to
either the Quick Access Toolbar or one of the Ribbons.
To customize either the Quick Access Toolbar or a Ribbon,
right click on the Ribbon and from the short cut menu, select either Customize the Quick Access Toolbar or Customize the Ribbon. Once the PowerPoint Options dialog box displays,
from the Choose commands from
drop-down list, select All Commands
and then find Shape Combine, Shape
Intersect, Shape Union, and/or Shape
Subtract and add them to the Quick Access Toolbar or group on the desired
Ribbon.
For specific details on working with the Quick Access Toolbar or Ribbon
visit our blog and on from the bar on the right hand side, select March and
then choose “Adding a Command to the Quick Access Toolbar.”
Amy
Pearson is a Senior Instructor for Summit Training, the author of the Ask Amy
column that appears on Summit Training’s monthly newsletter, and editor of the
both the Summit Training and Connect Learning newsletters. Amy is a Microsoft
Office MOS and has been providing Microsoft Office training both in the
classroom and online for more than 15 years.
