How to Use the "Arrange Shapes" Group of the Time Savers Add-in for PowerPoint

Please note: Some changes may have been made to the Time Savers Add-in for PowerPoint since the making of this video.

The “Arrange Shapes” group is part of the “TS Shapes” tab (previously part of the “TS Design” tab, formerly called “Time Savers 1”) of the Time Savers Add-in for PowerPoint.

The tools in this part of the Time Savers Add-in make it possible for you to:

Quickly arrange or shuffle objects like shapes and pictures on your slides.

Different formation options:

There are 4 different formation options you can choose from when arranging shapes.
- Grid
- Checkered
- Offset X
- Offset Y

Different sizing options:

Retain: shapes do not change size. They merely move position.
Stretch: shapes are resized to fill their new positions without maintaining aspect ratio. Text is scaled based on the change in the shape’s width.
Resize: shapes are resized to best fit their new locations, while maintaining aspect ratio. Text is scaled appropriately.
Resize 95% – 50%: shapes will be resized to a percentage of the size of the new location, leaving padding around the shapes. The lower the resize percentage, the more padding there will be around the shapes.

Please note: text scaling does not apply to charts.

Arrange:

Select all the shapes you wish to arrange in your chosen formation – in the order in which you wish them to be arranged.
If you want to arrange them in a table of your own, be sure to select the table as well.
If you wish to arrange them in an imaginary grid, fill in the number of rows and columns you wish to arrange them in.
Excess shapes will be placed next to the top right corner of the slide.

Pattern:

Select all the shapes you wish to create a pattern with – in the order in which you wish them to be used in the pattern.
If you want to arrange them in a table of your own, be sure to select the table as well.
If you wish to arrange them in an imaginary grid, fill in the number of rows and columns you wish to arrange them in.
Shapes will be duplicated in a recurring pattern to fill all the spaces of the table/grid.
Excess shapes (if any exist) will be placed next to the top right corner of the slide.

Tidy up:

Select all the shapes you wish to tidy up.
If you want to tidy them in a table of your own, be sure to select the table as well.
If you wish to tidy them in an imaginary grid, fill in the number of rows and columns you wish to arrange them in.
Shapes will be tidied up in the table/grid based on their current locations.

Shuffle:

Select all the shapes you wish to shuffle click the shuffle button.
Selected shapes will be randomly rearranged, using the sizing option you have chosen.

Rotate:

The positions of the selected shapes will be rotated in the order in which they were selected.
The shape selected first will move to the position of the shape selected second, which in turn will move to the position of the shape selected third and so on. The shape selected last will move to the position of the shape selected first.

Autofit:

The selected shapes will all be randomly arranged in the space of the largest shape selected.
The shapes may be resized if needed to ensure all shapes fit without overlapping.