PowerPoint automatically creates plenty of shapes, but a spiral isn't one of them. However, there are several ways you can use the software to create a spiral effect. The simplest spiral, a line, can ...

The Draw tab in Office allows users to make drawings in documents or slides. The Draw tab in PowerPoint allows you to make sketches with pen, pencil, and highlighters; it also has features to convert ...

The Ink to Shape feature works with Microsoft Word. It is very useful when images are inserted from external sources. The procedure is as follows: Unlike with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, Microsoft ...

If you want to use PowerPoint's capabilities to illustrate how two or more data points compare in magnitude, it might be appropriate in some cases to use proportional shapes to make the comparison.

How to change the axis of rotation (sort of) for a shape in PowerPoint Your email has been sent Illustration: Lisa Hornung, Getty Images/iStockPhoto Must-read Windows coverage CrowdStrike Outage ...