Advanced Drawing Techniques: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint

Created: Tuesday, September 27, 2022, posted by Geetesh at 2:39 pm

Updated: Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 12:05 pm

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The Shapes gallery in PowerPoint consists of various shapes, both open and closed. Closed shapes are ones that do not have a “visible” beginning or an end such as the Rectangle, Ellipse, and Triangle shapes. Open shapes have a “visible” beginning and an end. An example of an open shape is a straight point-to-point line.

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

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2016

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2013

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2010

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2007

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2003

Apple Mac

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2011

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