How to create a stack of cubes with text in powerpoint

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This is a quick try assembled from parallelogram forms (insert / forms / standard forms / parallelogram):

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Once I have a box composed of three gradient colored parallelograms, I add two textboxes and use 3D turns to adjust them to the box.

Pressing the Alt key helps to fine-tune object positions. It takes a bit of practice to use the various handles of a parallelogram form to get the size and the orientation right.

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Finally, I select all objects and group them. This makes it easier to copy the whole box to get a stack of boxes.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • SAFX
    SAFX about 1 year

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    I'm trying to create a stack of 3-dimensional cubes with text and perspective like above.

    I only need to create one cube; I can manage stacking the rest. I'm having difficulty creating a single cube and getting the text to show correctly on both right and left sides, although I suspect the text requires separate shapes.

    This is my best attempt so far, I know, it's pathetic :-) Tweaking rotations angles is a pain; is there no 'snap' feature normalizing the perspective along standard angles?

    Steps I followed in Powerpoint 2010

    • New shape -> Square (flat, not dimensional)

    • 3-D Format -> Depth, 50pt

    • 3-D Rotation -> Preset -> Perspective Relaxed

    • Rotation X: 70, Y: 320, Z: 45

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  • SAFX
    SAFX over 9 years
    That's awesone, Axel, but can you elaborate the instructions?