Advanced Shape Techniques: Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles in PowerPoint

Created: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, posted by Geetesh at 7:18 am

Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 11:45 am

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There are many different types of shapes PowerPoint provides, and you can format these shapes by resizing, rotating, flipping, etc. Other than these basic formatting tasks, you must explore the yellow square handles. When you select most shapes in PowerPoint, you can see eight resizing handles and a single rotation handle.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles in PowerPoint 365

Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles in PowerPoint 2016

Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Squares in PowerPoint 2013

Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles in PowerPoint 365

Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles in PowerPoint 2016

Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles in PowerPoint 2011

Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles in PowerPoint

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