Apply 3-D Rotation Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac

If you haven't seen all our other tutorials on Shape Effects available in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. Then this page is self sufficient on its own. On the other hand, if you have been following all our tutorials in this series, you know that we have covered all the Shape Effects apart from the 3-D Rotation and Soft Edges. In this tutorial, you will learn to add a 3-D Rotation effect to your shapes. This will make them look three dimensional and prominent.

To see a sample presentation containing 3-D Rotation effects in PowerPoint, scroll down to the bottom of this page.

Follow these steps to apply 3-D Rotation to a shape:

1. Select the shape with some depth applied. Then double-click it to activate the Format tab of the Ribbon (highlighted in red within Figure 1). Within this tab, locate the Shape Styles group, and click the Effects button that you can see in Figure 1 (highlighted in blue).
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   Figure 1: Effects button within the Format tab of the Ribbon
2. This brings up the Effects drop-down gallery. From this drop-down gallery, choose the 3-D Rotation option to open the 3-D Rotation gallery that you can see in Figure 2.
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   Figure 2: 3-D Rotation gallery
3. The options in the 3-D Rotation gallery have been explained below:

A. Parallel

4. Includes ten variants that rotate the shape in different angles.

B. Perspective

5. Includes eleven variants that rotate the shape, and alter its rotation angle (perspective) from where you view the shape, so that farther edges appear smaller than nearer edges.

C. Oblique

6. There are four variants that apply a very subtle rotation, almost as if a 2-D object is in a semi-3-D space.

D. No 3-D Rotation

7. Use this option to remove 3-D Rotation from the selected shape.

E. 3-D Rotation Options

8. This option brings up the Format Shape dialog box up with 3-D Rotation options. Here you can customize 3-D Rotation Options further. We have explained these options in our 3-D Rotation Options For Shapes in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac tutorial.
4. Click on any 3-D Rotation effect to apply it to the selected shape. In Figure 3, you can see the 3-D Rotation effect applied to the previously selected shape (refer Figure 1 above).
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   Figure 3: 3-D Rotation effect applied to a Rectangle
5. Remember to save your presentation often.

Sample Presentation:

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