
Select the shape so that the Ribbon area now shows the Drawing Tools Format tab, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 2.
If you see different attributes, don't worry, just move ahead with the rest of the steps. Typically, the shape is filled with blue and has a thin dark blue outline, as can be seen in Figure 1, shown previously on this page.
Now, insert a shape (any shape will do) on the slide. You can optionally change the slide layout to Blank by selecting the Home tab | Layout | Blank option. Most of the time, PowerPoint will open with a new slide in a presentation. If the presentation is not saved, you'll lose the changes.įollow these steps to change the default shape attributes of your open presentation in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows: But do remember that these changes are only limited to the presentation you are working on. These default shape attributes can be changed very easily in PowerPoint 2016. Whenever we insert another new shape on a slide, it will possess these same default shape attributes ( fill, outline, and effect).įigure 1: Default fill and outline in a blank presentation For example in a new blank presentation that we created, the shape is by default filled with a blue solid fill and has a thin dark blue outline, as you can see in Figure 1.
CHANGE PDF ATTRIBUTES WINDOWS
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows (or in any previous version), by default it is filled with a solid color and an outline (or something else depending on the Theme your presentation is based on). When you insert a new shape on a slide in