Resize several shapes/pictures to the same size in one go in PPT 2019

Ever had to cope with shapes or pictures that slightly differ in size and have to be resized. 

When you select the shapes you will see that the height and width boxes are empty. That is logical as at least one shape/picture has a divergent size. When all the shapes have the same size the boxes will show the value.

Select all the shapes that have to be resized, click the Format tab under Drawing tools, in the size group the height and width boxes are empty, click in the height box and type the desired size, press the tab key, type the width and press enter.

While you are at it if you want to convert different shapes to the same shape, you can change the shapes by going to Drawing tools, Format tab, Insert shapes group and click on the Edit shape button and choose the Change shape option. Now select the new shape.