Go to Shape Format | Shape Styles | Shape Gallery right-click on a style then choose Set as Default Shape. Shape GalleryĪny Shape Gallery option can become your new shape default. Once set, any new shape will start with your choices, not Microsoft’s.
There are two ways to change the shape defaults.
Text Wrapping Square or Tight is easier to manage at first. Personally, we prefer no fill because the shape will be filled with text or other objects. That’s the Microsoft default which may not suit you. Blue fill, 1pt black single line outline, no effects and Text Wrapping in front of text. When you Insert | Shape, something like this probably appears.
Change the defaults to whatever you like for faster shape formatting in Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. You’re not stuck with the Microsoft automatic settings when inserting a new shape.
