Position Painter

Available from Version: - 

Operating System: Windows 

empower® Add-in: Slides Branding

The Position Painter is an empower® Layout Tool that – similarly to Microsoft’s format painter – enables the transfer of position and size parameters onto other elements.

If you want to adapt an element to a reference shape, follow the following steps:

  1. Select the reference shape.

  1. Click on the button Position Painter in the Layout Tools side pane (Figure 1, “Button Position Painter in Layout Tools Side Pane”).

    A menu opens.

    By default, the Position Painter stores the element parameters of width, height, and orientation left, right, top or bottom.

Figure 1. Button Position Painter in Layout Tools Side Pane

Button Position Painter in Layout Tools Side Pane

  1. Select what parameter you wish to apply to a different element (Figure 2, “Position Painter with Presaved Values”).

    The selected parameters are then marked in color.

    If the element is to have exactly the same size and orientation as the reference shape, select the parameters of width, height, from the left and the top.

Figure 2. Position Painter with Presaved Values

Position Painter with Presaved Values

  1. Now select the element and click on the button Apply to match this element to your reference shape (Figure 3, “Button Apply”).

Figure 3. Button Apply

Button Apply

  1. Repeat step 4 if you want to apply the same parameters to other elements.

All parameters of the reference shape remain saved until you save the parameters of a different element by clicking on the button Learn or after you close the Position Painter with a click on the X symbol (Figure 4, “Cross Symbol to Leave Position Painter”).

Figure 4. Cross Symbol to Leave Position Painter

Cross Symbol to Leave Position Painter

To apply your selected parameters to multiple elements on different slides, click on the button Apply Repeatedly (Figure 5, “Button Apply Repeatedly”).

Figure 5. Button Apply Repeatedly

Button Apply Repeatedly

Similar to the double-click on the format brush, you are also able to apply saved parameters directly to elements by selecting them.

Note

Adjusting pictures using the Position Painter bears the risk that they distort. For this reason, height and width of an image are adjusted consecutively rather than simultaneously. If you manually execute both steps, the image will be distorted in most of the cases.

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