
After doing this your blue box will touch the next line. In order to move our blue box you will have to arrow or nudge around ten times. When this option is switched off, you have full control over moving objects in your PowerPoint slides.

Let’s have a look at several examples in order to clarify this issue: The final result will depend only on this particular option. In this case the amount of arrow nudges will depend on whether the option “Snap To Grid” is switched on or switched off. Your goal is to touch the next grid line. Let’s say, you want to move a blue box (see the image below) to the right side. When you move your objects with arrow keys, it gets automatically connected to “Snap Objects To Grid”. Uncheck Snap objects to grid when the gridlines are not displayed and Snap objects to other objects.Sometimes our objects inserted into PowerPoint presentations jump much further than we want while moving them with the mouse. To snap shapes or other objects to grid lines of other shapes or objects, under Object Snapping, check Snap objects to other objects.

To snap shapes or other objects to the closest intersection of the grid when the grid is not visible, under Show grid, check Snap objects to grid when the gridlines are not displayed. Top of Page Word Turn on the snap-to optionsĬlick the shape or other object, and under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, click Align, and then click Grid Settings. To snap shapes or other objects to the closest intersection of the grid, under Snap to, check Snap objects to grid. On the View tab, in the Show group, click the dialog box launcher. Top of Page PowerPoint Turn on the snap-to options To turn off these options, uncheck Snap to Grid or Snap to Shape. To snap shapes or other objects to grid lines that go through the vertical and horizontal edges of other shapes or objects, click Snap to Shape.Ĭlick the shape or other object, and then under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, click Align.

To snap shapes or other objects to the closest intersection of the grid, click Snap to Grid. Click the shape or other object, and then under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, click Align.
