23rd November 1999
The mouse is an awesome
tool for moving your pointer from one side of the screen to the other, but when
it comes to manipulating layout in a Microsoft Word document, it fails miserably
without a snap-to grid. That's where the nudge command comes into play; put
things exactly where you'd like them to be. First, select the object; from the
Drawing toolbar, choose Draw, then Nudge. Now you can move that sucker in any
desired direction. Don't continue to overcompensate with your mouse; I just
wish that more object-oriented programs had this kind of option.