Nudging Objects

The word nudge means to push gently, i.e. to move over slightly.
Nudging your objects will help you to align them correctly.
You can use the Ctrl and the arrow keys to move objects one pixel at a time.
It is possible to nudge your objects by holding hold the Ctrl key and using the arrow keys.
When nudging AutoShapes you cannot hold down any nudge button to have it auto-repeat but you can get the auto-repeat effect by using your arrow keys.

Apr 16, 2010 Moving objects around your PowerPoint slides in tiny, tiny little jumps. Sometimes the position of an image or object in a PowerPoint slide isn’t quite right but moving with a mouse goes too far. Enter the nudge – select the object, hold down the Ctrl button (the mouse pointer changes) then use the arrow keys to move the object in small.

These commands do the job, but they are all three clicks away. There is also a grid on your PowerPoint slides which is spaced at 1/12 of an inch by default. To shift a shape by one pixel with the grid enabled, you must use the nudge command (arrow keys) or hold down the Alt key to toggle the grid off while dragging the shape. Before in Powerpoint 2013, I could nudge an object with arrow keys and move objects just a tiny bit. After the update, moving objects with arrow keys result in big steps. I know I can still use the shift+arrow keys to move the object only slightly, but is there any way to change the settings back to arrow-only? Moving the objects and PowerPoint shapes by small pixels let you control more precisely the position of a object within the slide. To move an object slightly in PowerPoint for Mac, press CMD+arrow, where arrow is the direction where you want to move the object. So if you want to move up the shape in PowerPoint slightly press CMD+Up Key. PowerPoint Hints, Tips & Tutorials When I nudge or drag objects they 'jump' This is because you have either (or both) 'Snap objects to grid' or 'Snap objects to other objects' ticked in View Grids and Guides.

Nudge Toolbar

This menu is actually a floating toolbar and can be detached from the Draw menu.

Shadow Up - Moves the selected objects up in small increments ¾ one pixel at a time.

Shadow Down - Moves the selected objects down in small increments ¾ one pixel at a time.

Shadow Left - Moves the selected objects left in small increments ¾ one pixel at a time.

Shadow Right - Moves the selected objects right in small increments ¾ one pixel at a time.

If you have 'Snap to Grid' or 'Snap to Shape' switched on the object will be moved one grid point at a time.

If you use the Nudge command and the Snap objects to grid option is switched on the nudge distance is determined by the grid spacing.
(View > Grid and Guides)

Shadow Up

Shadow Down

Shadow Left

Shadow Right

Important

All the submenus that are off the Drawing toolbar can be detached and treated as floating toolbars.

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Moving, resizing and rotating a graphic object

This section describes the mechanisms that are available in Impress to move, resize and rotate a graphic object. Note that the same procedures can be applied equally to a picture (see Chapter 4) and to a graphic (see Chapter 5).

Moving graphic objects

Click the graphic object, if necessary, to show the green resizing handles.
Move the pointer over the graphic object until the pointer changes shape. On most operating systems, the cursor associated with moving objects is a four-headed arrow, but it may also be a hand or some other symbol.
Click and drag the graphic object to the desired position.
Release the mouse button.

For a more accurate placement of the graphic object, use the Position and Size dialog shown below. To open this dialog, first select the graphic object by clicking on it; when the resizing green handles are displayed, either press F4 or select Format > Position and Size from the menu bar.

Use the Position section of the dialog to specify the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) position of the graphic object. The values represent the distance of the base point (selected on the right hand side of the dialog) relative to the top left corner of the slide.

To prevent accidental modification of the position of the graphic object, select the Position checkbox in the Protect section (bottom left) of the dialog.

The unit of measurement for this and the other dialogs in this section is set in Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Impress > General.

Fine adjustment of position and size of the graphic object.

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Resizing graphic objects

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Click the graphic object, if necessary, to show the green resizing handles.
Position the pointer over one of the green resizing handles. The pointer changes shape, giving a graphical representation of the direction of the resizing.
Click and drag to resize the graphic object.
Release the mouse button when satisfied with the new size.

The corner handles resize both the width and the height of the graphic object simultaneously, while the other four handles only resize one dimension at a time.

To retain the original proportions of the graphic, Shift+click one of the corner handles, then drag. Be sure to release the mouse button before releasing the Shift key.

For more accurate resizing of the graphic object, use the Position and Size dialog. Select as the base point the part of the graphic object that you would like to anchor to the page. The default setting (top left corner) means that the when resizing the area, the position of the top left corner of the area will not change. Now modify either the Width value or the Height value of the object. To maintain the proportions between width and height, select the Keep ratio checkbox before modifying any value. Notice that when the checkbox is selected both dimensions change simultaneously.

To prevent accidental modifications of the size, make sure that the Size checkbox is selected in the Protect section in the bottom left part of the dialog.

Rotating graphic objects

As for the position and the size, rotation of an object can be done manually or using a dedicated dialog. To rotate a graphic manually, do as follows:

Select the graphic object if necessary so that the green handles around it show.
Click the Rotate button on the Drawing toolbar. This toolbar is usually located at the bottom the screen, but it can be undocked and used as a floating toolbar. If the toolbar is not showing, select View > Toolbars > Drawing. The Drawing toolbar is discussed in detail in Chapter 5.
Eight red handles replace the green square handles, as shown below. Move the mouse over one of the corner handles and the mouse cursor shape will change. Click the mouse and move in the direction in which you want to rotate the graphic object.
When satisfied release the mouse button.

The icons representing the functions in the toolbars are different depending on the operating system used and on whether OOo has been customized for the Linux distribution in use or not. When in doubt, hover the mouse over the icons and wait for the tooltip to appear showing the name of the button.

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Shape showing the red rotating handles. Only the corner ones are active.

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At step 2 a black crosshair with a circle appears in the middle of the picture: this represents the pivot point for the rotation. Normally the center of the picture will be just fine, but on some occasions you may wish to rotate around a corner or even around a point outside the picture; to do that, click on the crosshair and drag it to the desired position.

To restrict the rotation angles to multiples of 15 degrees, press the Shift key while rotating the graphic. This is very handy to rotate pictu

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