Lock Items

[mullingarman]

I have created a sheet of graph paper using MS publisher 2007. It contains 1cm sq sections with .2mm sub divisions per section.
The problem i'm having is than when i try on add additional information onto the graph, it is very easy to move the vertical and horizontal lines.
Can the blank graph paper lines be locked so that only the items placed on top of them can move, and not the lines below.
Thanks

 

[Stroppy]

Select All - Arrange (menu) - Group. There's an icon that appears that indicates whether the objects are grouped or not. You can use it to group in stages, so to speak. Ie, the first few things you may want to group. Then add another object or two....

Out of interest, you actually created the graph paper with a bunch of lines? That would require a lot of work. As a matter of interest, you can arrange layout guides in the form of graph paper to use as guides...

M

 

[mullingarman]

Thanks for the reply, I did group all the graph lines together by using the control/A command, but the entire block of lines will move if you click on it by accident when adding further details. The graph paper itself did not take too long to create, once the 1st horizontal and vertical lines were done I just copied and pasted them.
I think i remember in an earlier version of Publisher that you could lock the position of individual items on a page,can't seem do do this with 2007.
I'll check out the guide lines thing,
Thanks

 

[Stroppy]

Well you could always send the graph to the background. It will still print. That way it won't move but it will be in position. Thats one way. Are you wanting the graph to be printed or is it just a guide?

M