Draw Shapes In Excel Quickly

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If you draw shapes in Excel for flow charts or diagrams then this Excel trick may help speed things up. Did you know you can use the Lock drawing mode feature to draw multiple shapes one after another? This saves time. A lot of time.

So, use lock drawing mode instead of going back to Insert | Illustrations | Shapes and selecting the shape to insert every time. Follow the process below.

Excel 2016/365 onward

*Insert Tab.
*Illustrations.
*Shapes.
*Right-click on the shape you need.
*Lock Drawing Mode.
*Draw the first shape.

After selecting Lock Drawing Mode. Continue to draw the same shape over and over again by right-clicking, and a duplicate shape is created. To generate different size shapes, then draw another shape. When all shapes have been created, reverse the process and unselect Lock Drawing Mode.

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Thanks Barbara! Another quick method is to draw your first shape from the Insert menu and then while it is still selected, press CTRL+D which will replicate the shape as many times as you press D while you hold down CTRL. It is another way to get there. Thanks for your tips! Thumbs up!!

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