Convert ink to shapes in Office

In Microsoft 365 and Office 2019, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word let you convert your ink drawings to standard shapes with the tap of a button. You can quickly draw flow charts and diagrams, combining the ease of drawn shapes with the uniformity of Microsoft 365 graphics.

Which app are you using?

Word, Excel

Convert your ink drawings to shapes

1. On the Draw tab, select Ink to Shape. (This mode must be turned on before you draw the shape.)
2. Draw the shape of your choice. It automatically converts to the equivalent Office graphic shape.
   The shape you create is the same color as your ink color choice was. Once the shape is created, you can edit the fill color, transparency, and style by using the Format tab.
3. To continue inking but stop having your drawings automatically converted to shapes, select Ink to Shape once again.

Ink shapes that can be converted to Office shapes

Ink drawing	Corresponding shape
Rectangle	Rectangle
Square	Square
Diamond	Diamond
Parallelogram	Parallelogram
Trapezoid	Trapezoid
Irregular quadrilateral	Irregular quadrilateral
Pentagon	Pentagon
Hexagon	Hexagon
Ellipse	Ellipse
Circle	Circle
Single-headed arrow	Arrow
Double-headed arrow	Double arrow
Connector between two shapes	Connector
Right triangle	Right triangle
Equilateral triangle	Equilateral triangle
Isosceles triangle	Isosceles triangle
Irregular triangle	Irregular triangle
Block arrow	Block arrow

PowerPoint

The feature works differently in PowerPoint. See Convert ink to shapes or text in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365.