#MERGE SHAPES IN POWERPOINT 2010 PLUS#

Finally, Subtract will remove one shape by what was overlapping on the second shape. Intersect will remove everything except where the two shapes intersect. Fragment combines the shapes, but it gives you two separate shaped pieces to work with. It does depend on which shape you have selected first. Combine will give you an empty space where the shapes overlap each other.

You can't really see what it's doing here 'cause it's not going to help us. I have some options here, Union will combine both shapes together. On the Format tab, the Merge Shapes tool has appeared. To merge these shapes I first need to select one shape, hold down the Shift key and select the other shape. Okay, I can nudge it around a bit, that's fine. I'll click to put the shape down, hold the Shift key and make it much bigger so that it's just about covering all of the circle.

#MERGE SHAPES IN POWERPOINT 2010 PLUS#

I'll choose a circle, I'll make it much bigger so you can see what's going on and now let's add a second shape, I'll click Insert again, choose Shapes, and this time I'll choose something like a plus sign. Let's start by inserting a shape, I'll choose Insert Shapes. It's called merging shapes and it allows you to take two shapes and combine them in all new ways. The first one involves shapes, and what you can do when you just can't find that shape that you need. I'm going to show you about two fun tips that you can do with shapes to really make your presentations pop.

Merge shapes in powerpoint 2010