Shape Effects: Apply Preset Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint

Created: Friday, August 14, 2020, posted by Geetesh at 10:55 am

Updated: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 12:30 pm

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PowerPoint provides six types of Shape Effects; more than one of these effects can be applied to a selected shape. Some combinations of these effects look better than others. Having said so, practicing restraint not to go overboard with all effects is always a good thing. Also, trying out all the effect combinations may take a lot of time. Fortunately, the Presets option comes to your rescue. This option lets you use pre-combined combinations of the different effects. Figure 1, below shows some Preset effects applied to the same shape.

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Apply Preset Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016

Apply Preset Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013

Apply Preset Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2010

Apply Preset Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2007

Apply Preset Effects to Shapes

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