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"Align" buttons - which is the anchor
When I use the "Align middle" (tops bottoms centers etc) I can't seem to
figure out which is the anchor I've tried assuming it was the first item I shift-clicked and the second item I shift-clicked in both cases a text box took priority (aka the anchor) over an autoshape... so how do I "give priority" to the autoshape? Hope this makes sense. Thanks, Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones |
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You really can't unless you put that object as the topmost, leftmost,
bottommost, or rightmost, etc. When you select several objects and align them to the a position (like "top"), they are aligned to the top of the topmost object, etc. Hope that helps. -- Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint) Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP www.pttinc.com Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/ Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm "Mark Durrenberger" wrote in message ... When I use the "Align middle" (tops bottoms centers etc) I can't seem to figure out which is the anchor I've tried assuming it was the first item I shift-clicked and the second item I shift-clicked in both cases a text box took priority (aka the anchor) over an autoshape... so how do I "give priority" to the autoshape? Hope this makes sense. Thanks, Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones |
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There is no 'anchor' in using these functions, except for the edges of the
selection area. If you have 3 objects selected and hit the align middle (vertical alignment), PowerPoint will place the middle of each object's frame exactly halfway between the top of the top-most item's frame (within the selection range) and the bottom of the bottom-most object's frame (within the selection range). Note that the frame of the object is the key, not the visible parts within it. The order of selection and object types do not matter. Similarly, align top moves the top of all the objects to the top of the top-most object's frame. The wording gets a bit confusing, but the concept is pretty straight forward. Does this make sense the way I explained it? -- Bill Dilworth Microsoft PPT MVP Team =============== Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@ out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo. answer most of our questions, before com you think to ask them. Change org to com to defuse anti-spam, ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection. .. .. "Mark Durrenberger" wrote in message ... When I use the "Align middle" (tops bottoms centers etc) I can't seem to figure out which is the anchor I've tried assuming it was the first item I shift-clicked and the second item I shift-clicked in both cases a text box took priority (aka the anchor) over an autoshape... so how do I "give priority" to the autoshape? Hope this makes sense. Thanks, Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones |
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The left-most item is the anchor for left aligning.
The right-most item is the anchor for right aligning. The top-most item is the anchor for top aligning. The bottom-most item is the anchor for bottom aligning. Place one of the items on the extreme that you want to anchor (left, right, top, bottom) and then choose the other elements and choose the Align option you need - this will align it to the first item. With center aligning, the center of all items selected is the anchor. You can also align items to a slide: How do I center content on a PowerPoint slide? http://www.indezine.com/notes/2004/0...owerpoint.html -- Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes Free Templates: http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/t...templates.html "Mark Durrenberger" wrote in message ... When I use the "Align middle" (tops bottoms centers etc) I can't seem to figure out which is the anchor I've tried assuming it was the first item I shift-clicked and the second item I shift-clicked in both cases a text box took priority (aka the anchor) over an autoshape... so how do I "give priority" to the autoshape? Hope this makes sense. Thanks, Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones |
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Ah... and what about middles? :-)
Thanks for your help. I guess what I really want is an "Align to an object" btw the align when building a Visual basic form works differently - it aligns to a seleted object Regards, Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones "Geetesh Bajaj" wrote in message ... The left-most item is the anchor for left aligning. The right-most item is the anchor for right aligning. The top-most item is the anchor for top aligning. The bottom-most item is the anchor for bottom aligning. Place one of the items on the extreme that you want to anchor (left, right, top, bottom) and then choose the other elements and choose the Align option you need - this will align it to the first item. With center aligning, the center of all items selected is the anchor. You can also align items to a slide: How do I center content on a PowerPoint slide? http://www.indezine.com/notes/2004/0...owerpoint.html -- Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes Free Templates: http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/t...templates.html "Mark Durrenberger" wrote in message ... When I use the "Align middle" (tops bottoms centers etc) I can't seem to figure out which is the anchor I've tried assuming it was the first item I shift-clicked and the second item I shift-clicked in both cases a text box took priority (aka the anchor) over an autoshape... so how do I "give priority" to the autoshape? Hope this makes sense. Thanks, Mark -- __________________________________________________ _______ Mark Durrenberger, PMP Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com "Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management" __________________________________________________ ______ The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. - Sir John Harvey-Jones |
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[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the Critical
Update or Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help - Check for Updates".] [TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PowerPoint that you just created (you can save, but not open)? - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820] Hello, If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that PowerPoint (actually Office Drawing tools) should provide this kind of functionality natively (not requiring add-ins or ActiveX controls), don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft by either: PREFERRED METHOD: A) If you are using Microsoft's web-based, online newsreader for Office communities (http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...dg=microsoft.p ublic.powerpoint), check to see whether or not the suggestion has been submitted before (Show - Suggestions for Microsoft) and, if so, add your vote to the suggestion submission. If the suggestion has not been submitted before, click on the "New" drop-down menu and choose "Suggestion for Microsoft" from directly within the newsreader web page. OR, NEXT BEST METHOD: B) If you are using another newsreader (such as Microsoft Outlook Express), submit your suggestion using your web browser at the following address: http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN. IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of suggestions). John Langhans Microsoft Corporation Supportability Program Manager Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. |
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