Sometimes you need a specific shape for your presentation. There's nothing quite perfect in the Shapes menu, but if I could combine two or more, it would be perfect. You can do this with Merge Shapes tool.
- Draw two or more shapes that overlap to form the basic shape you desire.
- Select all shapes to merge and on the DRAWING TOOLS|FORMAT menu, in the Insert Shapes group, click Merge Shapes and then choose from one of the options.
- Union - merge shapes into one shape and all surface area becomes one
- Combine - merge shape into one shape but keeps distinct areas of overlap
- Fragment - breaks apart so each shape is separate and moveable
- Intersect - keeps the intersecting area only
- Subtract - removes the other shape and its area of overlap
