Select and align or arrange pictures, shapes, text boxes, SmartArt graphics, and WordArt.

Red dashed lines—smart guides—appear so you align items vertically, horizontally, or both. Smart guides also appear between objects or near the edges of the slide to help you space out objects evenly.

It costs time and effort to perfectly align and manually position multiple elements on a slide. Using Auto Fix, you can automatically align, uniformly resize, and distribute elements, and straighten the …

You can use the Ruler on the Draw tab of the Ribbon to draw straight lines or to align a set of objects. The Ruler pivots to any position you want: horizontal, vertical, or any angle in between.

The default horizontal and vertical gridlines make a grid of one-inch squares. You can't change that grid size. However, you can change the space between the dots that make up each gridline by using the …

Training: Change the way objects (pictures, shapes, and graphics) overlap in PowerPoint using Send to Back and Bring to Front to change the stacking order. And use the Selection Pane to find hidden …

To move the focus to different parts and areas of PowerPoint for the web (from the ribbon to the thumbnail pane, for example) and in and out of the content of a slide, press Ctrl+F6 (forward) or …

Click the shape or other object, and then on the Shape Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Align. To turn off these options, click Snap to Grid or Snap to Shape.

Select Home > Align Shapes , and then select from the list of options. Align Left, Align Center, and Align Right work best when you're starting with a vertically oriented set of shapes.

On the right end of the ribbon, select Picture Format > Align Objects > Grid Settings. Under Grid settings, change the measurement in the Horizontal spacing or Vertical spacing box.