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Understand object layering - PowerPoint Tutorial
From the course: PowerPoint Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
Understand object layering
- [Narrator] We can make good icons look even better by putting them behind shapes. And I'm also choosing to do this because it's a great way to learn the skill of object layering. So let's insert some rectangles behind these. On the Home ribbon tab, I'll click Shapes, and now I can choose the shape, for example, the rounded rectangle. I'll start by drawing my shape. And I can see the shape of the icon behind me. So when I'm happy with it, I'll let go. And I'm not going to worry about making it perfect right now. But now that I have my shape created, I can't see the icon anymore. It's behind the shape. So I need to change the order of these objects. I want to put the shape behind the icon so that I can see it. I'll right click and choose Send to Back on the rectangle. Now that I can see where I'm going, I can use the arrow keys and nudge the shape to a place where I'm happy with, to a nice position. Now, I want the same…
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Add images5m 31s
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Work with shapes4m 16s
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Format and add effects to objects5m 34s
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Align objects using the Arrange tool4m 31s
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Understand object layering2m 17s
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Group objects and use Format Painter2m 53s
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Remove the background from pictures2m 30s
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Group shapes together2m 43s
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Crop images to shapes2m 28s
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