How to edit shapes in PowerPoint 2007
- Click the shape that you want to change.To select multiple shapes, press and hold CTRL while you click the shapes.
- Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click Edit Shape
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If you do not see the Drawing Tools or Format tabs, make sure that you selected a shape. - In this gallery, select the Edit Points option
- Drag one of the vertexes that outline the shape. A vertex is the point, indicated by a black dot, where a curve ends or the point where two line segments meet in a freeform shape.
Working with editing points
- To add a point, click the shape outline while pressing Ctrl.
- To delete a point, click the point while pressing Ctrl.
- To have the point treated as a smooth point, press Shift while dragging either of the handles attached to the point. Once you stop dragging, the point will be changed to a smooth point. A smooth point joins two line segments of equal length.
- To have the point treated as a straight point, press Ctrl while dragging either of the handles attached to the point. Once you stop dragging the point will be changed to a straight point. A straight point joins two line segments of different lengths.
- To have the point treated as a corner point, press Alt while dragging either of the handles attached to the point. Once you stop dragging the point will be changed to a corner point. A corner point joins two line segments with one segment going off in a different direction.
- To cancel the change to the point and line segments, press Esc before releasing the mouse button.
- To open Edit Points mode with keyboard shortcuts, select the shape and then press Alt + JD, E, E.
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