Rotate a Shape
December 11, 2023 - by Bill Jelen

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.

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.

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.

This article is an excerpt from Power Excel With MrExcel
Title photo by Luís Eusébio on Unsplash