Rotate a Shape
December 11, 2023 - by Bill Jelen
![Rotate a Shape Rotate a Shape](/img/excel-tips/2023/12/rotate-a-shape.jpg)
Problem: How do I rotate a shape? Can I morph a shape?
Strategy: When you select a shape, a green circle appears. Grab the green circle, click, and rotate the shape. This is a free rotation; you can rotate the shape in 360 degrees.
Additional Details: If you need to rotate exactly 90, 180, or 270 degrees, you can use the Rotate dropdown in the Arrange group of the Format tab.
![A block L shape. Grab the green rotation and handle and drag left or right to rotate the shape.](/img/content/2023/11/LE10001362.jpg)
Most shapes have yellow inflection points. This shape has two such inflection points. Dragging an inflection point will change the size of one portion of a shape.
![Two yellow inflection handles on the L shape let you make each leg narrow or wide.](/img/content/2023/11/LE10001365.jpg)
For even more flexibility, right-click the shape and choose Edit Points. You now have a black handle at each corner of the shape. You can drag any handle in any direction to change the shape.
Gotcha: Dragging a point will remove the yellow inflection handles from the shape.
Using these tools, you can morph any of the 175 shapes into thousands of variations.
![By dragging the black handles, you could make the L shape into some other shape, This is a five-ish sided polygon.](/img/content/2023/11/LE10001366.jpg)
This article is an excerpt from Power Excel With MrExcel
Title photo by Luís Eusébio on Unsplash