Wednesday, February 24, 2010

PowerPoint Tricks - Adding Custom Anchor Points

The AutoShapes in PowerPoint can be conveniently connected using "connectors". However, most AutoShapes only have a few pre-defined "anchor points" which the connectors can connect to. The following is a way to add custom anchor points to an AutoShape:

  1. Convert the AutoShape to Freeform
  2. Right click the shape to select "Edit Points"
  3. Choose "Add point" at where you want the new anchor point to be