Use of control+d in PowerPoint

[Robert Mark Bram]

Howdy All!

When I have an object selected in PowerPoint and press "control+D", the item
is duplicated and placed a little bit down and to the right of the original
object.

Is there a way I can change where PowerPoint places the new object created
with "control+D"?

Thanks for any advice!

Rob

 

[Sonia]

No you can't change the position. What I do instead is to press Ctrl and
then click, hold, and drag the object to where I want a duplicate. Release
the key and mouse and it drops it right there, i.e., a duplicate.
--

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[Steve Rindsberg]

When I have an object selected in PowerPoint and press "control+D", the item
is duplicated and placed a little bit down and to the right of the original
object.

Is there a way I can change where PowerPoint places the new object created
with "control+D"?

Sorta yeah.

It'll always be two "clicks" right and two down.

Ctrl+D, up-arrow up-arrow left-arrow left-arrow and it's back atop the
original.
Exactly. Always.

But if you Ctrl+D then move the dupe someplace, then Ctrl+D again (any
number of times) the dupes will be offset by the same amount as the first
dupe was moved from the original.

 

[Sonia]

Well, not always. It's different in PowerPoint 2002. If you have "Snap to
Grid" set and the grid is set to 1/8 inch, that's true. But turn off Snap
to Grid and you're in nudge mode.

 

[Robert Mark Bram]

Thanks for the answers Sonia, Robert and Steve!!

Rob

 

[B]

Sadly no, this is a feature to let you know that your duplication was
successful and to help you keep track of the number of duplications you have
made. But there is another option -- (It's ugly but works.)

1. Select the original object.

2. Format | Auto Shape | Position

3. Write down the vertical and horizontal measurements & close window

4. Ctl + D as many times as needed.

5. Select all the objects to align (Ctl + click, group select, whatever).

6. Format | Auto Shape | Position

7. Re-enter the measurement numbers.

8. Click OK.

All objects are exactly lined up one on top of the other (regardless of snap
to grid settings). You may want to add the animation settings to each item
before stacking them up, since selecting them after is troublesome


B

 

[Robert Mark Bram]

Actually, I found the best solution (to keep alignment) is to use SHIFT +
CONTROL + click and drag...

Rob

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Well, not always. It's different in PowerPoint 2002. If you have "Snap
to

Grid" set and the grid is set to 1/8 inch, that's true. But turn off Snap
to Grid and you're in nudge mode.

Which SP did you use to break this? ;-)

Seems to work here w or w/o snap turned on but does bump it one grid unit
down/right rather than two arrowclicks if the grid's set to something other
than 1/8.

This seems a reasonable compromise. Or did until I realized that some idjit
programmer locked us out of setting a grid size of 0

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I've got SP-2. Snap off = nudge mode no matter what I do.

Ah wait. I think we're talking about different things. Or different ends
of the same candle. Yeah. That's the ticket. My fault.

Snap off/on doesn't matter; dupe it and it moves a grid unit down, a grid
unit right.

BUT

My arrowkeyup + left instrux don't work if grid snap's off.

Gotcha. For some reason, I thought you meant that the dupe offset changed
depending on grid settings.

 

[Sonia]

Ah. You were looking to the right and I was looking to the left. I always
forget that Mom said to look both ways. <VBG>

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Ah. You were looking to the right and I was looking to the left. I
always

forget that Mom said to look both ways. <VBG>

But together, what a LOOK OUT FOR THAT BUS!!! whew team.