In Microsoft PowerPoint, if you run your mouse over the edge of an object the cursor changes to Move. Click the edge of the object and you can move it around the slide with any of the following:
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← or → (called arrow below)
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Shift + arrow
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Ctrl + arrow
The Ctrl+arrow keyboard shortcut is particularly useful because you can quickly move items around pixel-by-pixel to their most attractive location.
However, try as I might I cannot find a shortcut for resize. Some editors, such as Visual Studio, have Ctrl+arrow and Shift+arrow to accomplish these separate tasks. Is there anything like this in PowerPoint?
Using PowerPoint 2000 if relevant.
Best Answer
If the shape's aspect ratio is locked, changing height will change width proportionally and vice versa.
This is in PowerPoint 2010. I haven't used 2000 in a long time, but I'm fairly sure the key combos should be the same.
UPDATE: I've checked this in PowerPoint 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007 and found it doesn't work in any of them. Apparently this feature was introduced in 2010.