Fixing the position of AutoShapes

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Adrian

Hi,

I have designed a graphic consisting of a few autoshapes which I wish to
put in the background of a powerpoint slide. I want to lock the shapes so
that I don't shift it accidentally. How can I do this in the powerpoint
slide ?
 
If you're using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003 you can create a Slide Master for just
this slide and put the graphic on the master. Otherwise you can group the
shapes and at least you won't be able to accidentally move one or two.
 
If you're using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003 you can create a Slide Master for just
this slide and put the graphic on the master. Otherwise you can group the
shapes and at least you won't be able to accidentally move one or two.

Hmm. And if you group the shapes with an invisible (no-fill/no-outline)
rectangle the size of the full slide, the whole group will tend to snap to the
slide, so if it's moved accidentally, it'll be easy to move back.
 
Oooo, I like it!

Steve Rindsberg said:
Hmm. And if you group the shapes with an invisible (no-fill/no-outline)
rectangle the size of the full slide, the whole group will tend to snap to the
slide, so if it's moved accidentally, it'll be easy to move back.

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