Slide Master and Slide Layouts: Create Custom Shaped Picture Placeholders in PowerPoint

Created: Thursday, May 24, 2018, posted by Geetesh at 12:41 pm

Updated: Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 10:38 am

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Do you want your pictures to be contained within shapes that look like frames? Or maybe you want to use silhouette style placeholders for your pictures? Yes, this is possible! In fact, these custom picture placeholders were created within PowerPoint, and we used nothing that’s not part of the program.

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

Create Custom Shaped Picture Placeholders in PowerPoint 2016

Create Custom Shaped Picture Placeholders in PowerPoint 2013

Create Custom Shaped Picture Placeholders in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Create Custom Shaped Picture Placeholders in PowerPoint 2016

Create Custom Shaped Picture Placeholders in PowerPoint 2011

Create Custom Shaped Picture Placeholders in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 04 08 04
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