Add a reflection or shadow

You can add reflections and shadows to images, shapes, text boxes, lines, arrows, and videos.

Add a reflection

  1. Select an image, shape, text box, line, arrow, or video, then click the Style tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

    If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have a Style tab, click Format button in the toolbar.

  2. Select the Reflection checkbox, then drag the slider to make the reflection more or less visible.

Add a shadow

  1. Select an image, shape, text box, line, arrow, or video.

    To add a shadow to a chart series, see Change the look of a chart.

  2. Click the Style tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

    If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have a Style tab, click Format button in the toolbar.

  3. Click the disclosure triangle next to Shadow, then click the pop-up menu and choose a type of shadow:

    • Drop Shadow: Makes the object looks like it’s hovering above the page.

    • Contact Shadow: Makes the object look like it’s standing on the page.

    • Curved Shadow: Makes the object look like its edges are curled.

  4. Adjust any of the following to change the look of the shadow:

    • Blur: The softness of a shadow’s edge.

    • Offset: How far the shadow is from the object or text.

    • Angle: The angle of the shadow.

    • Perspective: The angle of the light source in a contact shadow.