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Randy Person - 25 Oct 2007 20:09 GMT

I have an image in a show (PP 2003) that was taken just a little off
horizontal. I'd like to rotate it just a tiny bit to bring the top of the
large building horizontal. I've tried rotate and free rotate, but can't get
a small correction. Even with "snap to grids" turned off, the smallest
movement I can get is several times the angle I need to spin. I know with
Control and Arrow keys, you can move something a mere pixel at a time. Is
there any way to get a very gentle rotation correction?

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Echo S - 25 Oct 2007 20:28 GMT

Select the image, then Format | Object. On the Size tab, you can type in the
rotation angle.

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>I have an image in a show (PP 2003) that was taken just a little off
> horizontal. I'd like to rotate it just a tiny bit to bring the top of the
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> Control and Arrow keys, you can move something a mere pixel at a time. Is
> there any way to get a very gentle rotation correction?

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Randy Person - 25 Oct 2007 21:23 GMT

Helpful, and speedy to boot! Thanks, Echo, I knew I'd seen that somewhere,
but couldn't recall why it's there and not associated with the "rotate"
function. And who knows why rotate starts out so stickily, anyway. With the
buiding settled 1 degree at the south end, and the image enlarged just a bit
so the tilted edges don't show, we're solid.

Randy Person

> Select the image, then Format | Object. On the Size tab, you can type in the
> rotation angle.
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> > Control and Arrow keys, you can move something a mere pixel at a time. Is
> > there any way to get a very gentle rotation correction?

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Trish - 26 Oct 2007 02:58 GMT

I am glad that question was asked as I faced exactly the same problem earlier
this week! When scanning a document or something to include in a slide, it
so often comes out slightly out of kilter. Thanks for the assistance!
Trish :-)

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