Advanced Shape Techniques: Working with Pie Shapes in PowerPoint

Created: Wednesday, August 31, 2022, posted by Geetesh at 2:09 pm

Updated: Friday, September 2, 2022 at 4:10 pm

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Sometimes you may wonder why PowerPoint does not provide options for the shapes that you want to use! The other day someone wanted to create a shape resembling Pacman! How many of you remember Pacman, the lovable character from the computer game? Well, lovable or not, it is still easy to draw a Pacman shape in PowerPoint as long as you know what to start with! And the answer is to start with the Pie shape!

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Working with Pie Shapes in PowerPoint

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