How to Insert Shapes in PowerPoint?

In this article, we are going to insert basic shapes in PowerPoint (ms PowerPoint). Mostly we use Lines, circles, squares, rectangles, stars, and many more shapes in Microsoft PowerPoint. We use shapes for flowcharts, organization charts to draw diagrams to understand in a better way.

In the above diagram, we can see that an organization chart is a design that is so simple and easy to understand about an organization. We mostly use circles, lines, and rectangles.

In the Home tab > Drawing then we can see shapes. How we can insert these shapes in  Microsoft PowerPoint? Just select the shape then click and drag on the slide or where we want to insert these shapes in Microsoft PowerPoint.

 

Also, if we want to expand more shape in PowerPoint we can expand it from the drawing group in the PowerPoint.

Recently Used Shapes

In the first step, we can see the shapes that recently use in PowerPoint like text boxes, lines, rectangles, arrowheads, brackets, and starts.

Line

In this group, we can see all types are lines available to use in our PowerPoint slide.

Basic Shapes

In this group, we can see all basic shapes for example ellipse, triangle, square, heart moon, and cloud.

Block Arrows

In this group, we can see all type of arrows are available in PowerPoint that we can use it.

Equation Shapes

Also, we can see equation shapes in PowerPoint we mostly use these shapes in mathematics but we use them somehow in our PowerPoint slides.

Flowchart Shapes

In this group, all shapes related to the flowchart are available in PowerPoint. We can use all these shapes in PowerPoint while designing a flowchart.

Stars and banners

In this group, we can see all the startand banners in this group.

Callouts

In this group, we can see all types of callouts in PowerPoint.

Action Buttons

in this group, we can see all types of action buttons in PowerPoint. Mostly we use these actions in our slides. Sometimes we want to add links, buttons in PowerPoint then we just add these buttons then apply to that button to perform action then these buttons perform an action after clicking on these buttons.

These are all shapes in PowerPoint that we can insert into PowerPoint and add text on the shapes.