There are several Shapes available to customize your presentation. Shapes can be accessed by clicking the Shape icon  in the Element Toolbar, located on the left-hand side of the canvas, within the Presentation Editor. Changes can also be made to Library Slides and Slide Groups using the Slide Editor. Once added to a slide, each shape can be resized and customized. 

Adding a Shape to a Slide

1. Click Shape icon  in Presentation Editor
2. Select desired shape
   
3. Click slide where shape should appear

Customizing a Shape

Shapes have several different features that can be customized.

• Text: To add text to shape, select shape and start typing
• Text AutoFit: Set how text will appear inside shape
  
• Style: The following features can be adjusted in Styles tab  of Element Properties Panel
• Opacity: Set how opaque or see-through element appears
• Fill: Fill shape with solid color, gradient, or image. For more information about these options click here
• Stroke: Give shape an outline. Color, weight, and joints of stroke can be adjusted
  
• Font: Set everything having to do with text, including font family, font face, color, size, alignment, location, and casing. For detailed information about how to customize text click here

• Size: Drag corner or edge of shape to change shape’s size
• Rotation: There are 2 ways to rotate shape
• Click and drag blue dot above shape
• Under Transform tab  in Element Properties Panel, drag circle (hold down Shift key to constrain rotation to 45-degree increments) or enter number in box

ADVANCED NOTES: Some shapes have on-screen controls for customizing appearance and dimensions. The star shape, for example, has the following unique controls.

• Move arrow on scale slider to set number of points on star
• Drag blue dot located inside top point of star to set distance between center of star and edges