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drawing canvas, selecting an object on it, and loosing the view...
I am not sure if I am posting to the right group, but I would appreciate an answer, or a pointer to where I can post this question. I have a large drawing canvas, with many text boxes on it. I need to zoom in on part of the drawing canvas to work on the text boxes in the part on which I have zoomed in. The problem is that when I select a text box in the zoomed-in region, the view moves to the center of the drawing canvas (horzontal pan) and I have to bring the box that I had selected back into view, an operation that gets to be EXTREMELY annoying extremely quickly. The obvious question is HOW DO I PREVENT THE VIEW TO BE MOVED?! To my understanding this is happening because when I select a text-box, it is assumed that the drawing canvas containing that text-box is now the "object of interest" and the view is centered on it.. Thanks. Sasan |
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drawing canvas, selecting an object on it, and loosing the view...
Sasan, I'm having the same problem and need an answer ASAP. If you have found
the answer please advise. Thanks -- Mikie " wrote: I am not sure if I am posting to the right group, but I would appreciate an answer, or a pointer to where I can post this question. I have a large drawing canvas, with many text boxes on it. I need to zoom in on part of the drawing canvas to work on the text boxes in the part on which I have zoomed in. The problem is that when I select a text box in the zoomed-in region, the view moves to the center of the drawing canvas (horzontal pan) and I have to bring the box that I had selected back into view, an operation that gets to be EXTREMELY annoying extremely quickly. The obvious question is HOW DO I PREVENT THE VIEW TO BE MOVED?! To my understanding this is happening because when I select a text-box, it is assumed that the drawing canvas containing that text-box is now the "object of interest" and the view is centered on it.. Thanks. Sasan |
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sorry! Apparently you and I are the only ones having this problem!!! |
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Hi Sasan,
Unfortunately, it's the way it was designed, to keep the area you're working on 'visible', but there are a couple of workarounds. You can use the Window=Split command, as one approach to get two views of your document. (How well this works may depend on the size of your monitor). In the bottom window you can zoom out to say 50% to see results and in the top Window you can zoom to say 200% to do your typing. While the typing changes will appear in both windows only the Window you're actually typing in should be 'centered' for typing. ========= wrote in message ups.com... I am not sure if I am posting to the right group, but I would appreciate an answer, or a pointer to where I can post this question. I have a large drawing canvas, with many text boxes on it. I need to zoom in on part of the drawing canvas to work on the text boxes in the part on which I have zoomed in. The problem is that when I select a text box in the zoomed-in region, the view moves to the center of the drawing canvas (horzontal pan) and I have to bring the box that I had selected back into view, an operation that gets to be EXTREMELY annoying extremely quickly. The obvious question is HOW DO I PREVENT THE VIEW TO BE MOVED?! To my understanding this is happening because when I select a text-box, it is assumed that the drawing canvas containing that text-box is now the "object of interest" and the view is centered on it.. Thanks. Sasan -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends Pricing and Packages for '2007 Microsoft Office System' http://microsoft.com/office/preview |
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drawing canvas, selecting an object on it, and loosing the view...
Well, I am actually not typing but moving boxes around within a drawing canvas. As such, every time I need to move a new box, I will have to bring the focus back to where it was before it was moved automatically by word. I have a 30 inch 2560x1600 monitor so I'll try to play around with your idea to see if I can benefit from it. Thanks for taking the time to help. I appreciate it. |
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drawing canvas, selecting an object on it, and loosing the view...
And I am positively green with envy!
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] wrote in message ups.com... Well, I am actually not typing but moving boxes around within a drawing canvas. As such, every time I need to move a new box, I will have to bring the focus back to where it was before it was moved automatically by word. I have a 30 inch 2560x1600 monitor so I'll try to play around with your idea to see if I can benefit from it. Thanks for taking the time to help. I appreciate it. |
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drawing canvas, selecting an object on it, and loosing the view...
I can match that green - it's a horrible colour
-- Enjoy, Tony "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . And I am positively green with envy! -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] wrote in message ups.com... Well, I am actually not typing but moving boxes around within a drawing canvas. As such, every time I need to move a new box, I will have to bring the focus back to where it was before it was moved automatically by word. I have a 30 inch 2560x1600 monitor so I'll try to play around with your idea to see if I can benefit from it. Thanks for taking the time to help. I appreciate it. |
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drawing canvas, selecting an object on it, and loosing the view...
no reason for envy guys... its an apple Cinema Display 30 inch, and it is WORTH EVERY PENNY, specially for people who spend most of their life behind a monitor. |
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drawing canvas, selecting an object on it, and loosing the view...
If I bought that monitor than I'd have to get a new computer. My system is
almost 6 years old. That would be like putting a $6000 stereo system in a used Yugo. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] wrote in message ups.com... no reason for envy guys... its an apple Cinema Display 30 inch, and it is WORTH EVERY PENNY, specially for people who spend most of their life behind a monitor. |