Presentations Glossary

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes: Troubleshooting Ungrouping in PowerPoint

Ungrouping can sometimes seem ineffective because you still see groups even after you ungroup. This can happen if you have nested groups of slide objects, as in the case of a group that consists of grouped objects. In this case, when you ungroup, you still have one or more grouped objects that need to be ungrouped again!

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.

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Tagged as: 06-06, Group Nudge and Reorder Shapes, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shapes

Basics of Animation: Apply Two or More Animations to One Object at the Same Time in PowerPoint

Animation in PowerPoint makes slide objects move. These slide objects can be anything you can select such as text, pictures, charts, SmartArt graphics, shapes, and even video clips. But did you know that you can combine multiple animations to happen at the same time for the same slide object, creating a custom animation effect? Imagine, an object fading and zooming at the same time!

To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.

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Tagged as: 13-01, Animations and Transitions, Basics of PowerPoint Animation, PowerPoint Tutorials

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes: Troubleshooting Grouping in PowerPoint

This happens when you are trying to group placeholders on a slide with other slide objects. Placeholders are special objects on a slide that are part of the slide layout. For example in a conventional bulleted slide, the title and text box are often placeholders, and these cannot be grouped with other inserted slide objects like shapes, pictures, or charts. Similarly, there are other grouping problems you may run into while using PowerPoint.

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

Troubleshooting Grouping in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2002

Tutorial Code: 06 06 06
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Tagged as: 06-06, Group Nudge and Reorder Shapes, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shapes

Aligning and Distributing Shapes: Space Objects Equally in PowerPoint

With many objects, your slide may end up looking crowded, and that’s certainly something you do not want to happen. At times though, your slide may appear cluttered even if you really do not have too many objects, and this can happen because the objects are not spaced out well in relation to each other.

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:

Space Objects Equally in PowerPoint 2013

Tutorial Code: 06 05 04
Previous: 06 05 03 Distribute Shapes in PowerPoint
Next: 06 06 01 Group, Ungroup, and Regroup Shapes in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 06-05, Aligning and Distributing Shapes, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shapes

Aligning and Distributing Shapes: Align Shapes to Center of Slide in PowerPoint

We have already shown you how to align shapes in PowerPoint. However for alignment to work, you need to have more than one shape (or any other slide object) selected so that they can align with each other. However, you may want to align just one shape (or even a single group of shapes) to the exact center of your slide.

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.

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Tagged as: 06-05, Aligning and Distributing Shapes, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shapes