Advanced Shape Techniques: Finding Length of a Diagonal Line in PowerPoint

Created: Monday, May 3, 2021, posted by Geetesh at 12:45 pm

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Sometimes, when you draw a line in PowerPoint that is slanted or sloped, you may thereafter want to know the length of your line. Believe it or not, there is no option to do this within 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

Finding Length of a Diagonal Line in PowerPoint 365

Finding Length of a Diagonal Line in PowerPoint 2013

Apple Mac

Finding Length of a Diagonal Line in PowerPoint 365

Finding Length of a Diagonal Line in PowerPoint 2011

PowerPoint for the Web

Finding Length of a Diagonal Line in PowerPoint for the Web

Finding Length of a Diagonal Line in PowerPoint

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