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Julianne

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Oct 23, 2009, 9:32:02 AM10/23/09
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I have a large image on a slide and need to draw shapes on top of it. Can I
lock down the image layer so I can select and move the smaller objects above
it without selecting and moving the image? How?

Michael Koerner

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Oct 23, 2009, 9:43:23 AM10/23/09
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You could put the larger image as the background image for that particular
page, allowing you to put and move smaller objects around

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Sandy Johnson

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Oct 23, 2009, 9:46:02 AM10/23/09
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Looks like you might have PPT 2003.

In PowerPoint 2007 you can click on the Home Tab on the Ribbon and at the
far right on the Ribbon, click Select > Selection Pane to open the Selection
Pane. From there, find the object in the pane and choose to hide the
offending obeject. Don't forget to unhide it when you've finished. Seems
obvious but I've had some very funky things happen as a result of forgetting.

Sandy

Matti Vuori

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Oct 23, 2009, 10:11:58 AM10/23/09
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=?Utf-8?B?SnVsaWFubmU=?= <Juli...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I have a large image on a slide and need to draw shapes on top of it.
> Can I lock down the image layer so I can select and move the smaller
> objects above it without selecting and moving the image? How?

If you have that problem, you perhaps have not noticed that you can start
your selection rectangle from outside the slide. That way the image will
not get selected.

Steve Rindsberg

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Oct 23, 2009, 11:36:06 AM10/23/09
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In article <7FF1CDE8-C989-4493...@microsoft.com>, Julianne
wrote:

> I have a large image on a slide and need to draw shapes on top of it. Can I
> lock down the image layer so I can select and move the smaller objects above
> it without selecting and moving the image? How?

I would temporarily copy the image to the master that the slide's based on, do
my drawing on the slide, then move the image back to the slide and send it to
back.

That way you'll be able to see the image while drawing but won't be able to
select it or move it accidentally.

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