Arrange and Align Shapes
PPT Productivity PowerPoint add-in has 100+ time saving features. 'Arrange and Align Shapes' features include shortcuts to select all shapes matching a selected shape color or size, or by 12 other attributes. Also features to quickly align shapes, including aligning to first selected.
Align to first selected shape
Align to the first selected shape (rather than most extremely positioned or outermost shape), either temporarily or permanently.
This feature lets you override PowerPoint's default alignment to outermost shape, so you can align to the first selected shape. PPT Productivity by default aligns to outermost shape to be consistent with PowerPoint, but you have the option to align
temporarily or permanently to the first selected shape instead. To temporarily align to first selected shape, simply Ctrl-click the required PPT Productivity alignment button and your shapes will align to the first selected shape. To make alignment to first
selected shape your default setting, go to PPT Productivity tab > Settings > Shape Alignment. Tick "Align to first selected shape rather than outmost shape". Ctrl-click overrides the default, so once you have updated your default setting, Ctrl-click when
clicking alignment buttons will then align to outermost shape.
Alignment overrides work on all PowerPoint alignment buttons, not just PPT Productivity's buttons. For example: Home ribbon > Arrange > Align > Align left/right/etc

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