Excel – How to set the position of a picture in Excel

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In Excel 2013, elements such as slicers can have their location set via the properties side-panel, but the properties panel for pictures does not have position fields:

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How can I set and change the position of a picture in an Excel spreadsheet precisely by entering the desired distance from the top and left of the workbook? Alternatively, how can I see position of a picture so that I can adjust it precisely?

The reason for this need is that I want to place pictures in the same position in multiple workbooks.

I have found several questions and answers related to achieving this via Visual Basic or macros, but I would prefer to use the Excel UI.

Best Answer

As nixda described, the technique is to use the Format Picture ► Crop panel:

Excel Format Picture Crop panel

First, adjust the Left and Top values to move the picture's outline to the desired position - you'll see the Offset X and Offset Y values changing in the opposite direction, and the picture will remain where it was and will be cropped by the moved outline, but don't worry about that yet:

Excel Format Picture Crop panel adjusting the Left and Top position of a picture

Now, change the Offset X and Offset Y values back to 0 to move the picture to the position of the outline:

Excel Format Picture Crop panel resetting the Offset X and Offset Y of a picture to zero

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