How to Convert Text to Outlines in PowerPoint

PowerPoint doesn’t make it easy to convert your live text to outlines, but Stephy Hogan has a clever solution.

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In this PowerPoint how-to video, Stephy Hogan shows us her “cookie cutter” method for converting live text to outlines. After creating her text, Stephy covers it with a shape in the color she wants her final design to be. Then she uses the Intersect merge shape option to “cut out” her text.

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This article was last modified on October 30, 2025

This article was first published on July 18, 2025

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