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Holding down Alt when moving objects allows you to move them off the slide

Aligning Freeform Objects

Sometimes objects will not look aligned because PowerPoint will align their edges and centres according to the selection rectangle

In this case it is better to manually align the objects.

Soft Shadows

Select (Draw > Oval) and hold down Ctrl to create a circle.

Right click and choose Format Autoshape

Select no Border and change the fill effect to 2 colours with the 2nd colour white and choose from centre.

Add the "Select Multiple Objects" button to the Drawing toolbar ????

Adding Text

To add additional text to a slide just click on the text button on the Drawing toolbar (big A icon) use the mouse to locate and size your text entry. To alter the font and font size, choose Format > Font