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Is there a way to force PowerPoint to paste copied objects exactly on top of the mother object?

I hate the auto-displacement a little down and to the right.

hate hate hate!

Save me?

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It usually displaces it two clicks to the right and two clicks down. Is it so hard to press ↑↑←←? –  nhinkle Dec 15 '10 at 4:33
why should I have to? I don't want it there –  Andrew Heath Dec 15 '10 at 5:20
I don't appreciate your editing my post. Are there any other applications that offset copy-pasting? And I think I'm allowed to be "aggressive" so long as it doesn't impede the message. We aren't robots. –  Andrew Heath Dec 15 '10 at 5:22
It was edited because this site is not a discussion forum or chat place. The idea is that in the future, people will see a question that matches their own, and find an answer that solves their problem. You want to chat, rant or be aggressive, go find a forum. –  Cylindric May 7 at 13:40

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I do not know of any way to change this, but there are alternatives to powerpoint. Open office does not do that.

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I still haven't find a real solution to this annoying "feature". The best workaround I've found is:

  • Duplicate the object pressing Ctrl+Shift and move it a little bit to duplicate, then re-align it on top of the previous object.
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