How to create a hand-drawn oval shape in PowerPoint

In this tip, you will see how to create a hand-drawn oval shape that is used in the hand-drawn flowchart.

To create a shape like the one above, do the following:

   1.   On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click the Shapes button:

   2.   In the Shapes drop-down list, in the Basic Shapes group, select Arc:

   3.   Place the first part of the new shape and create its bottom half by moving the orange points:

   4.   Insert the second part of the new shape:

   4.1.   On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click the Shapes drop-down list, and then in the Basic Shapes group, select Arc.

   4.2.   Increase the size of the new Arc shape and place it to create a second part of the new shape:

   4.3.   Change the second part by moving the orange point as you want. For example:

   5.   Insert the third part like the second. For example:

   6.   Select three parts of one shape and group them by doing one of the following:

• On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, select the Arrange drop-down list:
  

  Then click the Group command:

  
• Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click the Group command:
  
• Right-click one of the objects and choose Group -> Group from the popup menu:
  

PowerPoint puts a single box around the objects instead of a separate box around each object:

   7.   Right-click on the new shape and choose Format Shape... from the popup menu.

   8.   In the Format Shape pane, on the Shape Options tab, in the Fill & Line group, in the Line section choose Solid line and then:

• Select Color as you prefer,
• Select Width as you prefer:

Add any other adjustments you like.