Customising shapes

This post was inspired by my child's project last week.  She was listing some interesting facts about her topic - easy enough - but she wanted them to be typed into "cacao pod" shapes.  Obviously.

Now, you are probably quite comfortable with creating basic shapes in MS Office applications but did you know you can now customise those shapes to suit your exact shape requirements?

• First, you need to insert a basic shape that is reasonably similar to the ultimate shape you would like to create.
• Next, right click over the shape and choose Edit Points.
• The shape will now be highlighted in red with black markers to indicate where the points are.
• Place your mouse pointer over an edit point marker and click and drag to amend the original shape.
• Once you are satisfied with the new shape, click anywhere else to deselect the shape.

That's it - facts typed into cacao bean pod shapes ready to stick onto a cacao tree project.

As always, please share if you think someone else may find this useful and let me know if there are any other tips, tricks or tutorials you'd like to see featured on this blog.