PowerPoint comes with dozens of free shapes; circles, stars and even smiley faces are only a few clicks away. If you don't find a shape you like, draw your own using the built-in free-form drawing ...

PowerPoint automatically creates plenty of shapes, but a spiral isn't one of them. However, there are several ways you can use the software to create a spiral effect. The simplest spiral, a line, can ...

The Ink to Shape feature works with Microsoft Word. It is very useful when images are inserted from external sources. The procedure is as follows: Unlike with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, Microsoft ...

You may want to draw in PowerPoint to mark and edit slideshows, or create your own designs, especially if you're using a touchscreen. It's easy to draw in Microsoft PowerPoint with the various shape ...

Last year, OneNote received a neat feature (it later came to Word) that allowed PC users with touch-enabled computers that support styluses to draw perfect lines and shapes with the Draw and Hold ...

Unless you’re presenting a cure for insomnia, you want your PowerPoint slides to engage your audience without distracting them from the presenter (you). Too much text invites people to read rather ...

Change the layout of the slide to blank. Go to the Shapes button on the Home tab and choose a circle from the menu. Draw the circle onto the slide. On the Shape Format tab, you can choose a rectangle ...