Cannot align objects in a drawing canvas

Anonymous
2010-07-08T15:31:05+00:00

I have several clipart objects in a drawing canvas and I want to align them with each other and within the canvas. The alignment options are all greyed out regardless of whether I have "align to page" or "align to canvas" selected.

This happens in Word 2010 on both Windows 7 and Windows Vista

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Anonymous
2010-09-02T09:38:03+00:00

Summarising:

1 - Inside the canvas you cannot align objects

2 - You have to move object outside the canvas in order to align them, BUT:

3 - Outside the canvas you cannot use connectors...

A bit frustrating for people who work every single day with word...

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-08-15T23:35:26+00:00

    I recommend you use PowerPoint. In PowerPoint you can both align and use connectors.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-08-15T08:57:33+00:00

    Agreed! I'm almost certain that I used to be able to align objects in drawing canvases in Word 2007 because I was taken aback when I discovered that it doesn't work in Word 2010.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-07-21T12:16:27+00:00

    Interesting.  I bought Office 2010 just before 2013 came out, only to find that I have to revert to Office 2007 to get the drawing canvas to work.  Not a good look, Microsoft.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-06-03T14:14:09+00:00

    Very discouraging, still not fixed!

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