Using the Format tab on the tool bar, or by right clicking the text, bring up the Format Options Dialogue Box. – Select SIZE AND POSITION from the right-click pop up menu. – In the ROTATION box, enter the angle as the rectangle (-26 degrees in our sample). Add a text box and type (we added TLC CREATIVE SERVICES). With the text selected, we followed the same steps above to rotate the text. Using the Format tab on the tool bar, or by right clicking the text, bring up the Format Options Dialogue Box. – Select SIZE AND POSITION from the right-click pop up menu.
If you use PowerPoint at work or at home, keyboard shortcuts can be a great time saver. Here are some little-known keyboard shortcuts I’ve discovered over the last few years while working on the PowerPoint team. These keyboard shortcuts are designed for PowerPoint for Windows. If you are using PowerPoint for Mac, you can still use them if you replace Ctrl with CMD (⌘) unless stated otherwise. I hope you find these keyboard shortcuts as useful as I have!
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Draw horizontal or vertical lines
Press and hold the Shift key while inserting lines to make sure they are perfectly horizontal, vertical or at a 45-degree angle.
Keep objects in proportion
Press and hold the Shift key while resizing shapes and other objects to keep their proportions consistent. This is handy if you want to resize a circle without accidentally turning it into an oval.
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Duplicate an object
Adding a bunch of identical objects? Just select your object and press Ctrl+D to duplicate it. This also works on slides.
Copy and paste formatting
If you want to format an object to look just like another object without reapplying all of the formatting by hand, use the formatting clipboard. Select the object whose formatting you want to copy and press Ctrl+Shift+C. Then, select the objects that you want to have the same formatting and press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste the formatting. This also works on the slide thumbnails if you have a slide background or theme that you want to copy from slide to slide.
This keyboard shortcut makes use of the Format Painter feature, which also allows you to copy formatting from one shape to another. The keyboard shortcut is a good one to remember since it packs even more power—once you’ve copied the formatting, you can paste the formatting onto as many shapes as you like without having to copy it again.
Group and ungroup
To group objects together, just select the objects and press Ctrl+G. To ungroup, select the object and press Ctrl+Shift+G. If you’re a Mac user, press CMD+Option+G to group and CMD+Option+Shift+G to ungroup.
Insert a new slide
Press Ctrl+M to insert a new slide after the currently selected slide. For PowerPoint for Mac, the keyboard shortcut is the same; you don’t need to substitute CMD.
Zoom
Press and hold the Ctrl key while using the mouse wheel to zoom in and out in the editor. On a touch device, you can pinch to zoom. For PowerPoint for Mac, this is another one where you don’t have to substitute CMD.
Center or align text
To quickly center text, press Ctrl+E. Not happy with your centered text? To go back to left alignment, press Ctrl+L, or press Ctrl+R to right align the text.
Clear formatting
To remove all formatting from selected text, press Ctrl+Spacebar. This will reset the text back to the default formatting.
PowerPoint content placeholders have logic built in to make sure your text has the right size and formatting to match the rest of your presentation. If you’ve changed the formatting for some text or you have pasted in text that already had formatting on it, you can use the clear formatting shortcut to make the text match the design of the rest of your presentation again.
To clear formatting on PowerPoint for Mac, simply click the Clear Formatting button on the Home tab.
Start Slideshow
Done editing and ready to present? To start a Slideshow from the first slide, just press F5. If you want to start from the current slide, press Shift+F5 instead.
As a bonus, here are a few more keyboard shortcuts you might have forgotten about. Happy editing!
| Action | Windows | Mac |
| Select all | Ctrl+A | ⌘+A |
| Bold | Ctrl+B | ⌘+B |
| Copy | Ctrl+C | ⌘+C |
| Paste | Ctrl+V | ⌘+V |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z | ⌘+Z |
| Redo | Ctrl+Y | ⌘+Y |
| Save | Ctrl+S | ⌘+S |
| New presentation | Ctrl+N | ⌘+N |
| Find text | Ctrl+F | ⌘+F |
| Check spelling | F7 | F7 |
—Lauren Janas, program manager for the PowerPoint team
In Office for Mac, you can move a text box, shape, WordArt, or picture by dragging, and you can change the position of an object by rotating or flipping it. For Word, see Set text direction and position in a shape or text box in Word.
Move an object
Click the object that you want to move.
Drag the object to where you want it.
To move multiple objects, hold down Shift as you select the objects.
To move an object up or down, or sideways in small increments, click the object, hold down Command, and then press an arrow key. Note that in Word you can only use this to move up or down.
To constrain an object so that it moves only horizontally or vertically, hold down Shift as you drag the object.
Rotate to any angle
Click the object that you want to rotate.
Click the rotation handle at the top of the object, and then drag in the direction that you want.
To constrain the rotation to 15-degree angles, press and hold Shift while you drag the rotation handle.
When you rotate multiple shapes, they do not rotate as a group, but instead each shape rotates around its own center.
Alternatively you can select the object, hold down Option and press the left or right arrow keys to rotate.
Rotate to an exact angle by degrees
Click the object you want to rotate.
On the Shape Format tab or Picture Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Rotate.
If you don't see the Shape Format or Picture Format tabs, make sure that you selected a text box, shape, WordArt, or picture.
The Rotate button could be hidden if your screen size is reduced. If you don't see the Rotate button, click Arrange to see hidden buttons in the Arrange group.
Click More Rotation Options.
In the dialog box or pane that opens, enter the amount that you want to rotate the object in the Rotation box. You can also use the arrows to rotate the object exactly where you want.
Rotate 90 degrees
Click the object you want to rotate.
On the Shape Format tab or Picture Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Rotate.
If you don't see the Shape Format or Picture Format tabs, make sure that you selected a text box, shape, WordArt, or picture.
The Rotate button could be hidden if your screen size is reduced. If you don't see the Rotate button, click Arrange to see hidden buttons in the Arrange group.
To rotate the object 90 degrees to the right, click Rotate Right 90°, or to rotate the object 90 degrees to the left, click Rotate Left 90°.
Flip an object
You can create the effect of a mirror image or flip an object upside-down (invert it) by using the Flip tools.
Click the object that you want to rotate.
On the Shape Format tab or Picture Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Rotate.
If you don't see the Shape Format or Picture Format tabs, make sure that you selected a text box, shape, WordArt, or picture.
The Rotate button could be hidden if your screen size is reduced. If you don't see the Rotate button, click Arrange to see hidden buttons in the Arrange group.
Do one of the following:
To turn an object upside-down, click Flip Vertical.
To create a mirror image of the object, click Flip Horizontal.
Group objects
When you group objects, you are combining the objects together so that you can format, move, or copy them as a group.
Hold down Shift, click the objects that you want to group together, and then depending on the type of object that you clicked, click the Shape Format tab or the Picture Format tab.
Click the Group icon, and then click Group.
Tip: If Group appears dimmed or unavailable that's usually because you haven't already selected two, or more, objects that can be grouped together.
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Move an object
Click the object that you want to move.
To select multiple objects, hold down Shift, and then click the objects that you want.
Drag the object to where you want it.
To move multiple objects, hold down Shift as you select the objects.
To move an object up, down, or sideways in small increments, click the object, and then press an arrow key.
To constrain an object so that it moves only horizontally or vertically, hold down Shift as you drag the object.
Rotate or flip an object
Note: To rotate text in PowerPoint for Mac, you must first place the text in a text box, and then rotate the text box.
Click the object that you want to rotate or flip, and then, depending on the kind of object that you clicked, click the Format tab or the Format Picture tab.
To select multiple objects, hold down Shift, and then click the objects that you want.
Under Arrange, click Rotate.
To rotate an object to any degree, on the object, drag the rotation handle .
Do any of the following:
To
Do this
Rotate an object to the right
Click Rotate Right 90
Rotate an object to the left
Click Rotate Left 90
Flip an object up or down
Click Flip Vertical
Flip an object left or right
Click Flip Horizontal
Group objects
When you group objects, you are combining the objects together so that you can format, move, or copy them as a group.
Hold down Shift, click the object that you want to group together, and then, depending on the type of object that you clicked, click the Format tab or the Format Picture tab.
Under Arrange, click Group, and then click Group.
Tip: If Group appears dimmed or unavailable that's usually because you haven't already selected two, or more, objects that can be grouped together.
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Move an object
Click the object that you want to move.
To select multiple objects, hold down Shift, and then click the objects that you want.
Drag the object to where you want it.
To move multiple objects, hold down Shift as you select the objects.
To move an object up, down, or sideways in small increments, click the object, and then press an arrow key.
To constrain an object so that it moves only horizontally or vertically, hold down Shift as you drag the object.
Rotate or flip an object
Note: To rotate text in Excel for Mac, you must first place the text in a text box, and then rotate the text box.
Click the object that you want to rotate or flip, and then, depending on the kind of object that you clicked, click the Format tab or the Format Picture tab.
To select multiple objects, hold down Shift, and then click the objects that you want.
Under Arrange, click Rotate.
To rotate an object to any degree, on the object, drag the rotation handle .
Do any of the following:
To
Do this
Rotate an object to the right
Click Rotate Right 90
Rotate an object to the left
Click Rotate Left 90
Flip an object up or down
Click Flip Vertical
Flip an object left or right
Click Flip Horizontal
Group objects
When you group objects, you are combining the objects together so that you can format, move, or copy them as a group.
Hold down Shift, click the object that you want to group together, and then, depending on the type of object that you clicked, click the Format tab or the Format Picture tab.
Under Arrange, click Group, and then click Group.
Tip: If Group appears dimmed or unavailable that's usually because you haven't already selected two, or more, objects that can be grouped together.