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Tip: Change the position of a shape within a group

The ProTools Shape Properties toolbar shows the position (Left and Top) of the selected shape. Changing the values would change the position of the shape.

OfficeOne ProTools for PowerPoint allows you to change the position of shapes even when they are within a group. This would keep the animation effects, action settings, sound effects, etc. on the group intact while still allowing the individual shape within the group to be manipulated. The following are step-by-step instructions to do that:

  1. Lets say that a Rectangle, Sun and Oval are grouped together. This group when selected could look like:


     
  2. The ProTools Shape Properties toolbar would look like:


     
  3. Lets say that we want to position the Sun in the center of the Oval. Select the AutoShape that represents the Sun from the Shape Name dropdown box in ProTools Shape Properties toolbar:


     
  4. The third box in ProTools Shape Properties toolbar is the Left position of the shape. Set it to a value that gets the Sun to the center of the Oval:


     
  5. The group would now look like:


     
  6. We have changed the position of the Sun shape even when it was within a group. The animation effects, action settings, sound effects, etc. that are on the group shape would stay intact.

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