Moving the center

[trailertrash]

I have a slide I want to rotate on its left hand edge. I don't want the left hand edge in the centre of the window ie -100%

I remember being able to move the little dot to the left or right without moving the object [image ]

Can this still be done.

Andrew

[Lin Evans]

Hi Andrew,

Hold down the keyboard "Shift" key first and move your mouse cursor to the little dot in the center bounded by green (the center mark) and you will see a small square appear as the cursor reaches the center mark. Continue holding down the shift key, depress and hold the left mouse key and drag the center dot wherever you wish visually.

Best regards,

Lin

[trailertrash]

I seem to have found it in the help forum However it doesn't say how to move the wee dot by hand [ mouse ]

[trailertrash]

Thanks Lin. That's what I wanted.

[davegee]

OK,

I can add that.

Thanks,

DG

P.S. On a general note, please note that the Online Help uses USA English (as does this forum) and searching on "CENTRE" produces a negative result, wheras searching on "CENTER" produces the correct result.

[MUR]

Hi all

OK, I know that for images, but how can I move the center of rotation of a frame?

MUR

[davegee]

Shift+Mouse Click also works for a Frame.

Wait until the pointer changes appearance before clicking.

DG

[Lin Evans]

Hi Mur,

As David says, it works the same way for a frame. Keep in mind that if the frame has a child, that child will be affected by moving the center of a frame.

If you move the center of a frame when there are children of that frame, they too will move depending on the position of the center. It may "appear" that the center of the frame isn't moving, but it is if you watch the center graphic.

Best regards,

Lin

[davegee]

Lin,

Add a child frame to the parent frame and reverse the offset with the Pan controls?

Add images to the child.

DG

[MUR]

Thanks, that is my problem, when move the frame center also move the child. I need to plan in advance and arrange the frames and later add the children.

best regards

MUR

[davegee]

Mur,

If you want to add another frame to the top of the stack just add an independent frame and copy/paste the original (complete with any child images) to it. Then delete the original.

DG

[MUR]

Hi all

Sometimes to modify an existent slide, I move the center of the parent frame, then the center of child frames (if any), and finally the images.

I use the grid as reference.

MUR