Unable to turn off object snapping
in [Powerpoint]
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From: stjst on 12 May 2008 06:25 Hi, I recently was forced to move to Powerpoint 2007 by our IT department, and like many former Powerpoint "experts" I am now feeling lost and powerless :-) One thing that especially annoys me about 2007 is that when I draw a line, the ends of the line want to snap to a set of handles that suddenly appear on existing on-slide objects as the end of the line come near to those objects. (I hope that explanation is clear!). This makes alignment almost impossible - I almost always work with "snap to grid" switched on by the way. Suddenly all my lines are skewed off the vertical or horizontal. I looked in the Arrange, align options and the box "snap objects to other objects" is NOT checked. So why are these snap handles appearing, and is there any way to switch them off? - Windows XP SP2 - Powerpoint 2007 SP1 - Driver for HP 5550 printer installed
From: John Wilson john AT technologytrish.co DOT on 12 May 2008 06:43 Does holding down the ALT key help? -- ------------------------------------------- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "stjst" wrote: > Hi, > > I recently was forced to move to Powerpoint 2007 by our IT department, and > like many former Powerpoint "experts" I am now feeling lost and powerless > :-) > > One thing that especially annoys me about 2007 is that when I draw a line, > the ends of the line want to snap to a set of handles that suddenly appear > on existing on-slide objects as the end of the line come near to those > objects. (I hope that explanation is clear!). > > This makes alignment almost impossible - I almost always work with "snap to > grid" switched on by the way. Suddenly all my lines are skewed off the > vertical or horizontal. > > I looked in the Arrange, align options and the box "snap objects to other > objects" is NOT checked. So why are these snap handles appearing, and is > there any way to switch them off? > > - Windows XP SP2 > - Powerpoint 2007 SP1 > - Driver for HP 5550 printer installed > > > > >
From: stjst on 12 May 2008 07:28 Aha! It did work! But it also seems to turn off the snap to grid :-) However, inspired by your suggestion I tried pressing: - Ctrl (which didn't seem to do anything different) - Shift - which looks like it constrains the line to 45 degree angles - including, of course, straight down and straight across. Now I've "rediscovered" this feature (I use it all the time for rotate, but for some reason never associated it with drawing) it completely solves my problem. Thanks John! Cheers, Geoff "John Wilson" <john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk> wrote in message news:C5923152-0CA3-466E-8C98-A9082A1D908F(a)microsoft.com... > Does holding down the ALT key help? > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials > > http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk > http://www.technologytrish.co.uk > email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > > > "stjst" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I recently was forced to move to Powerpoint 2007 by our IT department, >> and >> like many former Powerpoint "experts" I am now feeling lost and powerless >> :-) >> >> One thing that especially annoys me about 2007 is that when I draw a >> line, >> the ends of the line want to snap to a set of handles that suddenly >> appear >> on existing on-slide objects as the end of the line come near to those >> objects. (I hope that explanation is clear!). >> >> This makes alignment almost impossible - I almost always work with "snap >> to >> grid" switched on by the way. Suddenly all my lines are skewed off the >> vertical or horizontal. >> >> I looked in the Arrange, align options and the box "snap objects to other >> objects" is NOT checked. So why are these snap handles appearing, and is >> there any way to switch them off? >> >> - Windows XP SP2 >> - Powerpoint 2007 SP1 >> - Driver for HP 5550 printer installed >> >> >> >> >>
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