I have a set of identical shapes in multiple rows. I have set up the horizontal spacing for the top row, and I want to have the columns underneath each member of the top row aligned into a consistent columnar manner. My trouble is, when I select the relevant shapes, they all align to the leftmost shape. With other drawing programs the first shape (generally) becomes the anchor, and the other shapes align to it. Excel typically works in one of two ways - if you Shift-Click the first shape selected is the anchor, and if you Ctrl-CLick, the last shape selected becomes the anchor.
Powerpoint seems neither to be consistent (if I ALign Right, it's still to the right-edge of the leftmost shape), nor to document how it chooses. (Typical Microsoft, I've found).
Can anyone tell me how Powerpoint picks the anchor shape?
Tony
PS Yes - I can set up all sorts of guide-lines and simply snap to them, but then this makes the Align-To capability somewhat irrelevant.
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