Grid Snap / Alignment

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Dear All

I have a constant complaint from my team that objects in PPT XP don't line up correctly. Even with the grid snap on there seems to be some 'play' between objects. More often than not the objects look aligned on screen but when viewed as a slideshow or printed they are all over the place. Zooming in and out of the slide doesn't fix the problem.

Is this a known fault in XP? Is there a fix for it?

Thanks in advance.

Trevor
 
Maybe, you can abandon the grid altogether and use the align and distribute
controls on the Draw toolbar?


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Trevor Williams said:
Dear All

I have a constant complaint from my team that objects in PPT XP don't line
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up correctly. Even with the grid snap on there seems to be some 'play'
between objects. More often than not the objects look aligned on screen but
when viewed as a slideshow or printed they are all over the place. Zooming
in and out of the slide doesn't fix the problem.
 
Trevor,

All is not lost, mate! <g>. Please have a look at my answer to this topic
to Helen. I admit I have almost proven that gaps occur, but tell your team
to keep their grids as big as their design requirements allow.

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Trevor Williams said:
Dear All

I have a constant complaint from my team that objects in PPT XP don't line
Click to expand...
up correctly. Even with the grid snap on there seems to be some 'play'
between objects. More often than not the objects look aligned on screen but
when viewed as a slideshow or printed they are all over the place. Zooming
in and out of the slide doesn't fix the problem.
 
I've not seen that happen, but I always turn off Snap to Grid. Perhaps the
snap is getting in the way as your teammates attempt to align things.

Try turning off Snap to Grid (CTRL+G to get the dialog box) and see if that
helps.

As Geetesh mentioned, the align tools on the Drawing toolbar are great for
aligning, too. Was it you who posted earlier that even those aren't aligning
things properly? I use them all the time, and I've not seen that, either, so
I'm back to suspecting Snap to Grid interference.

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Trevor Williams said:
Dear All

I have a constant complaint from my team that objects in PPT XP don't line
Click to expand...
up correctly. Even with the grid snap on there seems to be some 'play'
between objects. More often than not the objects look aligned on screen but
when viewed as a slideshow or printed they are all over the place. Zooming
in and out of the slide doesn't fix the problem.
 
Trevor Williams said:
Thanks for your responses guys,

It's a shame that we have to revert to the ole Aligning tools to overcome
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the problem - particularly as 97 worked so well...
Perhaps I should spend a few quid on upgrading to 2003(!)
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Well, I'd be very sure to try out 2003 before you go spending your
hard-earned money, Trevor!

In 97/2000, the grid wasn't user-defined; this change came about in PPT 2002
(aka PPT XP) and is continued in 2003. So I suspect that it will work the
same in 2003 as it does in 2002.
 
I have a constant complaint from my team that objects in PPT XP don't line up
correctly. Even with the grid snap on there seems to be some 'play' between
objects. More often than not the objects look aligned on screen but when viewed
as a slideshow or printed they are all over the place. Zooming in and out of the
slide doesn't fix the problem.

I'm curious ... what if you ignore what it looks like on screen, trust to grid
snap to align things properly and go ahead and print? The screen gives a limited
number of pixels to play in, so graphics apps sometimes display things as
misaligned even when they're not, internally.


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