WPS Shape Outline on Windows: Introduction

WPS Shape Outline helps you format borders for shapes in presentations with color, weight, line style, and more; this guide covers 5 core tasks, with 5 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	5	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	5	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index
Membership restriction	None	The feature guide states no membership restriction
Version restriction	None	The feature guide states no version restriction

About This Feature

Overview

Shape Outline is a shape border formatting feature in WPS Presentation. It lets you adjust the outer border of a shape after selecting it in a slide. From the Shape Outline menu, you can apply theme colors, gradient borders, more border colors, the eyedropper, line weight, dashed lines, and arrow styles. You can also open More Settings to continue in the Object Properties pane.

This feature is useful for flowcharts, diagrams, cover slides, teaching materials, and business presentations. Consistent border styling can make key shapes easier to notice and help keep the page visually consistent.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A Windows device
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office
Network	No mandatory network connection is required for local shape outline formatting
Other	Open a presentation in WPS Presentation and make sure the target shape is editable

Download & Installation

Before using Shape Outline, install WPS Office on Windows and open WPS Presentation.

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Post-installation check	Open WPS Presentation, insert or select a shape, and confirm that a Shape Outline entry is available in the ribbon

Source: WPS Download Center

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	Shape Outline in WPS Presentation can set theme colors, gradient borders, more border colors, the eyedropper, weight, dashed lines, arrow styles, and detailed line options in Object Properties.	Microsoft Office Shape Outline can change border color, thickness, and style for shapes or text boxes, and also supports No Outline, Dashes, and More Lines.	Google Docs drawings let users insert shapes and lines, then change line color, line thickness, and border or line style on the canvas.	Notion mainly provides page formatting and simple tables. Its official help content does not describe a presentation-style shape outline tool with equivalent border controls.	Adobe Acrobat lets users add shapes, lines, and drawings, then adjust appearance-related border settings for those objects.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: WPS brings color, gradient, eyedropper, weight, dashed line, and arrow style options together in one shape-outline workflow, with a follow-up path to Object Properties for more detailed line settings.	Compared with WPS: Microsoft covers common border formatting well, but the cited page focuses on color, weight, dashes, and More Lines rather than the same combined workflow described for WPS.	Compared with WPS: Google supports basic line formatting in drawings, but the official flow is centered on a drawing canvas rather than a presentation object-properties sidebar.	Compared with WPS: Notion is oriented toward structured content and layout, not slide-shape border styling for presentation objects.	Compared with WPS: Adobe is oriented toward PDF commenting and drawing workflows rather than slide-based shape styling in a presentation editor.
Official Source	—	Add or remove a border on a text box, shape, or SmartArt graphic	Learn how to use drawings & markups	Format your page	Add shapes, lines, and freeform drawings

Overall Conclusion
If your main task is styling shapes inside presentation slides, WPS Shape Outline provides a focused workflow with both quick options and deeper line settings. Other products offer related capabilities, but they are aimed at document drawings, page layout, or PDF annotation rather than the same presentation-editing path.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable for	Main issue	How Shape Outline helps
1	Highlighting key flowchart nodes	Project managers, presenters	Important steps do not stand out enough	Use stronger border colors and heavier lines
2	Keeping slide graphics consistent	Teachers, trainers	Shapes on the page look inconsistent	Apply matching theme colors and line weights
3	Improving cover-slide graphics	Students, office users	Cover shapes need more visual depth	Use gradient borders or the eyedropper to match page colors
4	Distinguishing relationship types	Analysts, planners	Different levels or links are hard to separate	Use dashed lines and arrow styles for clearer visual meaning
5	Removing unnecessary borders	All users	Default borders make the layout look busy	Switch to No Border Color or No Line

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free users	WPS Premium
Basic Shape Outline formatting	✅ Available	✅ Available
Border color, weight, and line style changes	✅ Available	✅ Available
Broader WPS advanced benefits	Available within the free plan scope	Includes more advanced features and extended benefits

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Usage scenario	Recommended plan	Why
You only need to format shape borders in presentations	Free	The feature guide states that this feature has no membership restriction
You also need broader advanced office benefits	WPS Premium	Better suited to users who want a wider set of office features and added benefits

WPS membership center: Subscribe to WPS Premium