Action Buttons: Action Buttons in PowerPoint

Created: Tuesday, December 29, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 11:37 am

Updated: Monday, October 17, 2022 at 10:14 am

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Shapes may look basic or even primitive, but they are the building blocks of almost anything you create on your PowerPoint slides. Fortunately, you are not deprived of choices because PowerPoint provides plenty of shapes, neatly categorized into nine types.

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

Action Buttons in PowerPoint 2013

Action Buttons in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Action Buttons in PowerPoint 2011

Action Buttons in PowerPoint

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