How to Combine Various Shapes in PowerPoint and Create Professional Presentations

If you want to combine shapes and make presentations professionally, in today’s article we’ll show you how to use the tools that PowerPoint offers you. Thus, you can do it in an easy way and simple, you just have to follow these steps that we will show you below.

Before you start, keep in account that con advanced options you have, with this program you can convert slides into images and use it on any platform you want. As an additional fact, you can also customize the colors of the themes that you have on the slide.

What to do to combine shapes in PowerPoint according to your computer’s operating system?

If you want to make different presentations in PowerPoint, you have to keep in mind that the steps to follow, which are relatively the same in almost all operating systems, without forgetting that you can also protect the slides in PowerPoint so that they are not changed.

In Windows

1. First you have to select the shape you are going to combine, then you have to hold down the Shift key while separately selecting the shapes
2. Then you go to the tab that says Drawing Tool Format and you will locate the option to insert shapes and select combine shapes.

for macOS

1. Select with the Shift key the different ways you are going to combine, then the Form Format tab will be shown, you must take into account that it will only appear when the Form you want has been selected
2. In the Forms Format tab you will click on Combine Forms and you will choose the options you want such as: join, draw or combine an image, fragment, subtract and intersect

What other options will you find in the ‘Combine Shapes’ menu and how is each one displayed?

As far as options are concerned, the PowerPoint program gives you many settings that you can work with and further develop your creativity when making a presentation. However, this program is also focused so that you can put a password on the files so you don’t have to worry that they can view it or modify it.

union of forms

This option will allow you to merge the shapes you have selected and you will be able to use it as a comparison or another way you want to show using what is already selected, follow these steps so you know how to join the shapes:

1. You have to open a slide where you will show the union of the shapes
2. Go to the insert tab
3. Expand the shape menu and select the one you want
4. Select the shapes you placed on slide and go to the Format Shapes tab
5. Click the combine shapes button.

Split two or more shapes

1. In a slide insert the shape you want, it can be a circle and then a star
2. Then select both shapes
3. It goes to the format tab, in the option of combine form you are going to select Fragment
4. The image is going to be divided, now you will click on any of the figures such as the star and you are going to change its color and thus repeat the same action around the edge of the figure
5. You can also remove any angle of the figure

With this chunking option you can split shapes into two or more around all the contours, getting more shapes and giving it the design you want.

Intersect selected shapes

1. The first step you have to do is create the shape, you’re going to the insert option and select the figure you want, this step will have to be repeated since two forms are needed and you have to put one next to the other.
2. Select both figures at the same time, then you will go to the format tab and press intercept
3. after having selected this option you will have created a new form and if you want you can modify it and use it to your liking by changing the borders, its size and putting color on it.

subtract shapes

This tool will allow you to combine it from many forms that you attach to the slide and when you enter the format tab and select Subtract, it will show you the shape that was created on your slide, with this option you can decorate entrances, make designs with messages among other things.