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General
Alignment
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Here
is an image that sits in an uncomfortable position on a
slide. If this image of the earth was to be the only
content on this slide then it would look a lot more
professional if it was at least centered in the frame.
There are a couple of ways to do this accurately (you do
not need to rely on "eyeballing it"). Because
this Tip is about positioning images on a series of slides
we are going to use the guides built in to PowerPoint. |
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Under
the "View" menu, select "Grid and
Guides". |
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Among
the check boxes available here be sure to check
"Display drawing guides on screen" as shown in
the picture below. |
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You
will now see a thin vertical line and a thin horizontal
line. The default of PowerPoint is position these lines as
a cross-hair centered on the very center of the screen.
But, you can move these line to any position you like. |
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Now
you can select the picture and move it so that the
"handles" latch on to the guidelines. In this
case this positions the picture in the exact center of the
slide. Often that is all you need to do, but in this
example we want some room for a small amount of text to go
beside the picture, and since this is a series, we want
the pictures to be offset from center equally. |
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Simply
grab one of these lines by positioning the point of your
cursor on one of the lines and then, holding the left
mouse button down, simply drag the line to the desired
location. It is much easier to select the guideline if you
position your cursor on the guideline in an area of the
screen that does not have a PowerPoint object behind it,
i.e. over a blank background. |
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Now,
simply select the picture again and move it so the handles
latch on to the guides in this new position. When you add
another slide, or advance to the next these guidelines
will remain in the exact same position. To make the
guidelines invisible again simply return to
"View", "Grid and Guides", and
unselect "Display drawing guides on screen". |
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Another
great tip for positioning objects is to use the arrow keys
on your keyboard to shift objects in various directions.
This allows for accurate, delicate movements. |
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