Re: Indent arrows annoyance

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You can also override the snap-to-grid option by holding down the Alt key when you are dragging an object or inserting a tab on the ruler.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

<jkelly@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1b2d2c8d-f1f0-47ab-83c5-e666c1d43ef2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 14 Mar, 21:56, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
There's a known bug in some versions (including Word 2003, I think) that
sometimes places tabs and indents just a bit "off," but where the default
settings are can in fact be affected by the drawing grid (Draw | Grid on the
Drawing toolbar).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

<jke...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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>i have a couple of users who have highlighted an issue in Word 2003
> that is more of an annoyance to them rather than a problem but have
> asked me if it can be fixed.

> When they open a new document and want to place the right or left
> indent arrow exactly on a number or marker between a number it always
> lands to the left or right of the selected location.

> I thought that there may have been a "snap to" option i could select
> but I have searched all the settings in Word 2003 and cannot find
> anything that will rectify this problem.

> This only happens on new documents they are creating as they have
> opened other documents on the file server created by other users and
> they are able to move and locate the indents exactly as required on
> these documents.

> Can anyone help.

> Thanks in advance

> JK- Hide quoted text -

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Thank you for you reply

I have turned off Snap objects to grid on the drawing grid toolbar and
this has resolved the problem

Once again many thanks

.

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