How to use 3D oval shape for numbering in PowerPoint
See also the numbering list.
![3D oval shapes for numbering in PowerPoint 2016 3D oval shapes for numbering in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/464/1.png)
![3D ball shapes for numbering in PowerPoint 2016 3D ball shapes for numbering in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/464/2.png)
To create a numbering list like the one above, do the following:
1. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, select Shapes:
![Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 Shapes in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/powerpoint_button2016/shapes.png)
2. In the Shapes list, from the Basic Shapes group, choose the Oval shape:
![Basic Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 Basic Shapes in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/powerpoint_button2016/oval.png)
3. After pasting this shape into your slide, format it:
3.1. To change the size of your shape, do one of the following:
- Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, change width and
height of the selected shape:
- Right-click on the shape and choose Size and Position... in the popup menu:
In the Format Shape pane, on the Shape Options tab, in the Size & Properties group, in the Size section, change width and height in the appropriate fields:
![Size in Format Shape pane in PowerPoint 2016 Size in Fromat Shape pane in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/464/4_2016.png)
3.2. To change the color, on the Format Shape pane, on the Shape Options tab:
- In the Fill & Line group:
- In the Fill section, select color you prefer:
- In the Line section, select the color you prefer:
- In the Effect group, in 3-D Format section, select width and height in the
Width and Height fields:
After all these changes, the cube will look like:
![3-D shape in PowerPoint 2016 3-D shape in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/464/6.png)
4. For more interesting result, add labels to that shape by any of the following ways:
a) Add the text box under the shape:
- just double-click on it and enter text (in this example, 7):
![3-D shape with text in PowerPoint 2016 3-D shape with text in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/464/7.png)
- rotate that shape like you want:
![3-D shape with rotated text in PowerPoint 2016 3-D shape with rotated text in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/464/8.png)
b) Add new shapes, for example, add new oval shapes with another color:
![3-D shape with points in PowerPoint 2016 3-D shape with point in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/464/9.png)
You can copy the shape and just change colors, text, and rotation.
See also this tip in French: Comment utiliser une forme ellipse 3D pour la numérotation dans PowerPoint.