A shape or concrete poem is a poem that takes on the shape of the thing you’re writing about. For example, if you were to write a poem about love, it would take the shape of a heart.
We’re going to do this in Microsoft Word but with a little bit of help from PowerPoint. Why? Because it has a feature called merge shapes which is not available in Microsoft Word. So first, we quickly jump into PowerPoint.
1. In PowerPoint, go to Insert, Shapes, and select heart.
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![How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem 3 p1 How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem](https://vegadocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/p1.png)
2. Draw a heart shape.
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3. Again, go to Insert, Shapes, and select rectangle.
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4. Draw a rectangle, but this time cover the left part of the heart shape.
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5. Now press Shift on your keyboard and click the rectangle shape first, then the heart shape.
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6. In the Shape Format tab, click Merge Shapes > Subtract.
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7. Your shape will look like this.
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8. Now open Microsoft Word. Prepare your text.
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9. Copy that shape from PowerPoint and paste it into Microsoft Word.
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![How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem 11 p9 How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem](https://vegadocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/p9.png)
10. Click Layout Options and select Through.
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11. You can see that immediately the result of the text being placed inside the shape. But the problem is, the text is not filling the top part of the shape.
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![How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem 13 p11 How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem](https://vegadocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/p11.png)
12. To fix it, right-click the shape, and select Wrap Text > Edit Wrap Points.
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13. Add a few more control points by left-clicking and dragging the control point around so it follows the shape.
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14. Right-click the shape and select More Layout Options.
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15. Uncheck the Move object with text and click OK. Now we can freely move the text around the page.
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16. Duplicate that shape by pressing Control + D.
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17. Go to the Shape Format tab and select Rotate >Flip Horizontal.
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18. Move it to the right side, and now you have a nice-looking text inside the heart shape.
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![How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem 20 p18 How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem](https://vegadocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/p18.png)
19. Of course, you don’t want to see the shapes themselves. To remove it, select both of them by pressing the Shift key and going to the Shape Format > Shape Fill > No fill.
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![How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem 21 p19 How to Use Microsoft Word to Write Shape Poem](https://vegadocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/p19.png)
20. And in Shape Outline > No Outline.
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Now do it and impress your loved one with your words and Microsoft Word skills.