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JPeterman - 30 Oct 2006 19:01 GMT

Given a small rectangle under, and completely obstructed by, a large
rectangle, can I move the smaller rectangle without bringing it to the front
of the larger rectangle? I can use Tab to selected the smaller rectangle.
Once selected, I can change the size but a click and drag will always move
the large rectangle. Once selected, I can use arrow keys to move the smaller
rectangle but I want to use the mouse. I'd be happy with "locking" the
larger rectangle if that would help but I don't know how to do that either.
Any suggestions out there?

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tohlz - 30 Oct 2006 19:11 GMT

I believe PPT2HTML add-in has an Accessibility Assistant that allows you to
hide objects. You can try out PPT2HTML at:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/ppt2html/index.html

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> Given a small rectangle under, and completely obstructed by, a large
> rectangle, can I move the smaller rectangle without bringing it to the front
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> larger rectangle if that would help but I don't know how to do that either.
> Any suggestions out there?

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John Wilson - 30 Oct 2006 19:14 GMT

If you are desperate to use the mouse the only "add in free" way I know is to
temporarily set the front shape to "no fill"

I always use "select multiple objects" tool and arrow keys.

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