A useful drawing tool in PowerPoint 2013 is the Curve Shape tool, which lets you draw curved lines or shapes. Here’s the procedure for drawing a curved line or shape:
Select the Curve shape tool from the Shapes gallery.
![Select the Curve shape tool from the Shapes gallery.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/367297.image0.jpg)
You can find the Shapes gallery in the Shapes group on the Insert tab. When you select this tool, the cursor changes to a cross-hair pointer.
Click where you want the curved line or shape to begin. Click where you want the first turn in the curve to appear.
![Click where you want the curved line or shape to begin. Click where you want the first turn in the curve to appear.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/367298.image1.jpg)
The straight line turns to a curved line, bent around the point where you clicked. As you move the mouse, the bend of the curve changes.
Click to add turns to the curve.
![Click to add turns to the curve.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/367299.image2.jpg)
Each time you click, a new bend is added to the line. Keep clicking until the line is as twisty as you want.
To finish a line, double-click where you want the end of the curved line to appear.
![To finish a line, double-click where you want the end of the curved line to appear.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/367300.image3.jpg)
To create a closed shape, double-click over the starting point.