bobfike
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How to move a text object very slightly with arrow keys and not snap to grid in Crystal Reports XI
I can move a text object very slightly with my keyboard arrow keys, up and down, without the object snapping into place on the grid. However this behaviour does not happen in a subreport. I am trying to do verticall allignment on several text objects.
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vasto
Right click on the first object and select "Size and Position", check what is the X and Y values. Right click the object you want to adjust -> "Size and Position" - set the same X or Y value. You can set also Width and Height of the objects.
You have to be editting the subreport.
Double click it to open it in edit mode
or
right click the subreport
click edit subreport
mlmcc
Double click it to open it in edit mode
or
right click the subreport
click edit subreport
mlmcc
In addition to what the others said, if you want to align some fields with another field in the same report/subreport, you can select the fields that you want to align, and select the field that you want to align them with last, and then right-click and use one of the Align options. You can select multiple-fields in the usual Windows ways - Hold Control (or Shift) and click, or drag a box around them.
James
James
If you hold down the Alt key, it temporarily disables snap-to-grid, so you can move an item smoothly without snap to grid.
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Thanks for all your suggestions. None of them worked by the way. They all probably would have worked except I had Guidelines turned on. Once I removed all horizontal and vertical guidelines I was able to move the fields smoothly with the keyboard arrow keys.
ASKER
I picked this as the solution because it would have worked if I didn't have Guidelines turned on an it was the first good response.