To add a shape, select Insert on the ribbon, select Shapes, and then choose a shape. After you add a shape, you can move it and resize it; add text, bullets, or numbering; and you can …

Use the freeform and scribble tools to draw and edit shapes in your documents. Use edit points to customize the look of a standard shape.

Align a picture, shape, text box, SmartArt graphic, or WordArt Select an object (Press and hold Ctrl to select multiple objects). Do one of the following: To align a picture, select Picture …

Make the fill in a shape more or less transparent in the Format Shape pane. Use a slider or enter an exact transparency percentage.

Select and align or arrange pictures, shapes, text boxes, SmartArt graphics, and WordArt.

Use the crop tools in Microsoft 365 to crop a picture to fit in a shape in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, or Excel.

You can group shapes, pictures, or other objects. Grouping lets you rotate, flip, move, or resize multiple shapes or objects as though they're a single shape or object.

Make pictures, charts, or other objects align on the page, or with each other, by using “snap to” commands. "Snap to" commands only work in Print Layout view.

Before you create a flow chart, add a drawing canvas by clicking the Insert tab, clicking Shapes in the Illustrations group, and then clicking New Drawing Canvas.

When you create or move a shape, snap pulls shapes and their edges into positions that align with other shapes, ruler subdivisions, grid lines, guides, or guide points. You can specify the …