Moving the zero point from the centre of the page to top left?

[Guest]

How can I change the zero X & Y co-ordinate point from the centre of my page
to a top left position? Many thanks in advance

 

[Echo S]

I don't know of any way to do this in PowerPoint, but there are some ruler
utilities you might find handy. Here is a Google list of a bunch.
http://www.google.com/search?source...s=ATSA,ATSA:2006-01,ATSA:en&q=on+screen+ruler

I used to have one of these, but I can't remember what it was called. Nuts.

 

[Guest]

As Echo says. Another way to measure in PPT is to view guides. Drag a guide
to the start of the point to measure from and hold down shift while dragging
the pop up will indicate the measurement.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

How can I change the zero X & Y co-ordinate point from the centre of my page
to a top left position? Many thanks in advance

PowerPoint doesn't allow this, unfortunately.

There's a workaround:

Drag a guide to the left side of your slide (or Ctrl+Drag to create a new guide
as you drag).

Now Shift+Drag the guide and watch the position readout; it now displays the
distance you've moved the guide from its starting point rather than distance
from center.