Basics About Shapes: Resizing Shapes in PowerPoint

Created: Monday, April 30, 2012, posted by Geetesh at 9:34 am

Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 12:48 pm

Presentations Glossary in alphabetical order:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Once you insert shapes on a slide, you may realize that it’s not the perfect size — did you want it larger, or a wee bit smaller? However you want your shapes resized, it’s easy to make the size change in a jiffy, right inside PowerPoint 2016. Like most Microsoft Office programs, PowerPoint follows the concept of selection, then action — so the first thing you need to do to a shape that you want to be resized is to select it! Any shape that is selected shows several handles

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

Resizing Shapes in PowerPoint 2016

Resizing Shapes in PowerPoint 2013

Resizing Shapes in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Resizing Shapes in PowerPoint 2016

Resizing Shapes in PowerPoint 2011

Resizing Shapes in PowerPoint

Basics About Shapes: Flip Shapes in PowerPoint
The shape on your slide looks perfect. It's got the right color and it works well with your slide content. Yet there's something that could be better?...
Basics About Shapes: Rotate Shapes in PowerPoint
When you insert any shape into your PowerPoint slide, more often than not you will want to make some changes to the default shape that you end up with...
Basics About Shapes: Types of Shapes in PowerPoint
Shapes play a significant role within any slides you create for your PowerPoint presentation. In many ways, shapes are like the building blocks of alm...
Basics About Shapes: Insert Shapes in PowerPoint
Shapes are the building blocks of whatever you create in PowerPoint. In fact, even a text box that you add to your slide is essentially a shape with a...