Change the Nudge Amount????

[Bons]

Hi everybody----I KNOW it there's an answer to this one, someone here will be
able to help me....this discussion group is the BEST!!! I am used to
Publisher where I can Nudge an object in teensy little increments. In Word
I'm trying to move a rectangle about 1/50th of an inch....the arrows take it
up or down too far....is there any way to tell Word I just want to move it a
LITTLE TINY bit????? I've looked all through Tools->Options and can't find a
control for this little guy. Thanks in advance for any help you can give
me!!

 

[DeanH]

I believe the "nudge amounts" are controlled by the Grid dialog which is
found on the Drawing Toolbar options menu.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Or by pixels, so that when your Zoom is bigger, your nudge is smaller?

 

[Lene Fredborg]

You can always move in small increments by pressing and holding the Ctrl key
while pressing an arrow key.

As Dean says, the Nudge commands use the spacing specified for the grid.

You can change the horizontal and vertical spacing of the grid via Drawing
toolbar > Draw > Grid (in case of Word 2007: Page Layout tab > Arrange group

click the arrow below Align and select Grid Settings). In order for the

Nudge commands and the arrow keys to use the spacing settings, you must also
turn on “Snap objects to grid†in the Drawing Grid dialog box.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
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[Bons]

THANK YOU ALL who answered so very quickly and accurately!!!! I tried the
Control/Arrow and it worked like a charm---then I went into the Drawing tool
and found that I can actually change it there to tell the arrow to do what I
want!!! I'm used to Publisher where I use Alt instead of Ctrl....didn't even
think to try that! LOL!! THANKS again!!! It's wonderful how everybody helps
everybody else here---I ALWAYS find an answer here.........the answer may be
that something can't be done....but I ALWAYS get answers!! )))))))))

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Alt does override the grid in Word when you're dragging shapes.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org