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 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 2016
Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles in PowerPoint 2011
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