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Precisely Positioning Captions

Setting the position of your caption, and understanding how that position
is calculated is very helpful when creating precise and well ordered
captions.

1. In the Caption Placement pane, change the Alignment value of
your sample text to Centered, which is the second-to-left option.

The Alignment options are exactly like what you would find in a word
processor. The default alignment, left, is what you see in a book like this.
Centered text is often used for titles, and helps center multiple lines of text.
Right aligned is the next option, which isn’t used that often in print. Finally,
Fill aligned text creates a solid block, but can result in some strange spaces
between letters and words to achieve the effect. You often see fully
justified text in newspapers and magazine articles.

The alignment of your caption determines where ProShow calculates the
center point of the caption. The center point of your caption is used to
determine where your caption is placed in the slide frame.

• Left aligned text places the center point in the middle of the left-
most character.
• Center and Fill place the center point right in the middle of the
caption.
• Right alignment places the center point on the right edge,

2. If your caption is not already in the middle of your slide, set the
Position to 50 x 50. This will place it perfectly in the center.