Select and Deselect Shapes
PowerPoint 2013 continues the process of selection, then action for any object on a slide. If you cannot select an object, then you cannot modify it at all. Although this tutorial explains how you can select shapes on a slide, the process works the same way for any other slide object.

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Duplicate Shapes by Dragging
Shapes in PowerPoint are very useful in representing design or content, or in showing a process or a sequence. However, when you create a slide that has such many shapes that make a framework, you'll find that most of your shapes may be of the same size and other attributes. Yes, you can go ahead and insert the same shape into PowerPoint repeatedly, but that will consume much of your productive time that you could have used elsewhere!

Basic Flowcharts
Many dedicated programs do only flowcharts, and although Microsoft creates another program called Visio for Windows users that's more flowchart savvy than mainstream Microsoft Office programs, there's no version of Visio available for Mac users. And it really doesn't matter too much if all you need to do is create a basic flowchart because you can create flowcharts within your other Office programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint! Why do we put forth such a recommendation? That's because these Microsoft Office programs already have all the abilities and options you need to create almost any type of flowchart you need - what's more, you don't have to buy and learn yet another program to do something that really is so simple!

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Using Flowchart and Connector Shapes Together
Connectors are lines that link different flowchart shapes (or any shapes you place within your Microsoft Office documents). They are different from conventional lines because connectors, as the name implies stay connected to the shapes they are linked to. Move any "connected" shape, and the connectors move and reorient with the shapes automatically -- we will explore this further in this tutorial.

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Formatting Connectors within Flowcharts in Office 2011 for Mac
Once you add multiple connectors that emanate from a Decision shape, you need to help your users decide where they branch their thought or work processes within the flowchart. This is typically done by adding a Yes or No caption to the connectors that output from a Decision shape. Depending upon whether the user's answer is Yes or No, they will decide which shape they need to move towards next within the flowchart -- the Yes and No captions can be easily added by inserting individual text boxes.