Wrap around a circle To create text that completely circles your shape, choose Circle under Follow Path, and then drag any of the sizing handles until your WordArt is the size and shape you want.

Circles and ovals are filled automatically. If you don't want the shape to obscure anything underneath it, such as text or cells, select the shape, and on the Format tab, click Shape Fill, and then click No Fill.

PowerPoint doesn't have the same text-wrapping feature that Word does. But you can lay out your picture and wrapping text in Word, then embed that layout on a PowerPoint slide.

With Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, or Excel, you can easily change the outline of a photo by turning it into a shape like a circle or a rounded rectangle.

In PowerPoint, format text in shapes or text boxes to set direction and position, like rotating or mirroring.

To do things like change the direction of the motion path, edit the individual points of the motion path, or to lock (make it so others can't change the animation) or unlock the animation, select Effect Options.

Learn how to use the Morph transition in PowerPoint to easily create animations and movements of objects, images, words, and characters across your PowerPoint slides.

When you do so, all the existing attributes of the original shape (such as the color, border, or any text in the shape) remain the same after the change. For more information about changing WordArt, see …

Want to add text to an AutoShape, but are having problems getting the text to fit? Here are the steps to make the text fit and look good.

To add a circle from the Text pane, click an existing circle, move your pointer before or after the text where you want to add the circle, and then press Enter.