MS Word, placing things

NotAGolf · 24 Mar 2008 at 17:14

This is really doing my nut in. When you draw things like text boxes/rectangles/lines etc in word, is there anyway you can place it exactly where you want it or do you have to put it on the random positions word want to put it? Because I cant see a way to move it by a few mm, it just moves it my 5mm or nothing at all it seems.

RockLobster · 24 Mar 2008 at 17:18

Hold down the control key and then try moving it with the arrow keys.

Shadowness · 24 Mar 2008 at 17:21

or choose 'Behind Text' in the text wrapping options, and then you can put it where you like

Caged · 24 Mar 2008 at 17:38

You're probably using the wrong program if you need pixel-perfect alignment of objects - use a vector drawing / DTP app, not a Word processor.

NotAGolf · 24 Mar 2008 at 17:52

RockLobster said:
Hold down the control key and then try moving it with the arrow keys.

Thanks mate, didn't know that trick. Worked a charm!

swinnie · 24 Mar 2008 at 19:00

mpledge52 said:
Thanks mate, didn't know that trick. Worked a charm!

Another thing to check is to make sure that the formatting is either Square or tight. Tight is best usually.