If you have ever used the line drawing tool in PowerPoint, you know it can be tricky to get the lines perfectly straight. This is especially true if you are using the pointer tool from a laptop or while you are presenting. And even those lines that look straight when you are creating them can often appear jagged when projected . . .

The white line shown here looks nearly straight in the Slide View of the presentation. Yet, it is only when projected that you see it is not perfectly straight . . .

Fortunately, there is an easy way to guarantee straight lines in PowerPoint.

To draw a perfectly straight line in a PowerPoint presentation

1. Open the PowerPoint presentation and navigate to the slide in which you want to draw the line.



2. Click on the Line Drawing Tool.





3. Draw the line as you would normally — however, hold down the Shift key as you do so.

You should get a line as straight as this one!

Note This trick also works with the Arrow Tool as well!