How To Union Shapes In PowerPoint

Quick summary

The Union feature in PowerPoint lets you combine multiple shapes into a single seamless shape using the Merge Shapes tool. This saves design time and creates clean, custom graphics without leaving PowerPoint.

Steps

1. Insert the shapes you want to combine onto your slide.
2. Hold Ctrl and select all the shapes you want to union.
3. Go to the Shape Format tab in the ribbon.
4. Click Merge Shapes to open the merge options.
5. Select Union from the dropdown menu.
6. All selected shapes are now combined into one single shape.