Sometimes an image extends the length of a slide. While it doesn't affect the presentation, it makes it difficult to work with. This video will show how to use the Merge Shapes tool to trim the edges of slides to remove excess images.
- [Jess] My name is Jess Stratton … and welcome to PowerPoint Tips Weekly. … This tip is a fun one. … Let's take a look at this image. … The image goes off the corner of the slide. … It's just a normal image. … I can drag it wherever I want. … It's only going off the slide from my workspace. … If I can see it here in the slide, … I can't see the remainder of the airplane. … And if I click on slide show from beginning, … I see just want I want to see. … I want this to be half off the slide on purpose. … So it's not doing any harm the way it is, … but sometimes this just bothers me. … I want it to look exactly … how it's going to look on the slide. … We can get rid of this little bit on the end here, … and we do that by merging shapes. … I'm first going to start by narrowing down … the palette a little bit by zooming out. … I'll click zoom out. … This is just going to give us … a little more area on the sides to work with. … Next, I'm going to insert a shape. … I'll do that by changing to the insert ribbon tab, …
Garrick Chow
Nick Brazzi
Jess Stratton
Updated
7/17/2019Released
1/4/2017Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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