Basics of Selection of Shapes

The selection of Shapes is as much as important as merging and coloring them.

1. Think about the shapes you want in your mind. 
2. Think about the basic shapes which can be used with each other to create that shape

Example 1: A circle and a square can be used to create different types of shapes.

We can create our own shapes, they can be simple or complex based on our creativity and power of Imagination. It totally depends on you what you want to create and how you are using PowerPoint’s Merge Tool to create that. See the below example of Merging shapes which have been created using 5 equal circles. This will be the shape that we will be going to create,

In the above image, you can see the process of merging shapes:

1. Select the shapes you are going to merge – it can be multiple different types of shapes. Choose the type of merging – There are 5 different types of merging available in PowerPoint which we will talk about in detail in this post
2. Then remove the components of the Shapes that are not required 
3. Color the components of the newly formed shape. 
4. You can also apply gradient coloring which can also be used to create a 3d look to your shapes. 

Let’s learn some basics before starting with the actual creation of this shape.