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Mac Powerpoint nudge a shape - CTRL doesn't work

There's a way to 'nudge' a shape (move it by 1 pixel) in PowerPoint 2007 using CTRL + any arrow key.

I can't seem to do this using CrossOver since by default CTRL arrow key is bound to Spaces. For things like zooming with the mouse wheel (CTRL+mouse wheel), I found that CTRL+Option+mouse wheel will do the trick.

But for 'nudging', CTRL+Option+arrow keys don't work.

How do I nudge shapes?

In this case, OS X/spaces intercepts "ctrl" before Crossover can have it. The best way to work around it is to temporarily de-activate the necessary key commands in System Preferences>Keyboard. We can't tell Crossover to override the system settings.

Simply using the arrow keys with a highlighted object in PPT will move that object, but it's a bit more than the 1 pixel "nudge" that you need.

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