Luis: > 1) the value of 8.6cm that you found is almost certainly dependant > on the powerdot style. I'm not sure why you think that, but I did indeed chose 8.6 to fit my zen style. http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms/ftp/powerdot-zen.sty (It's a simplification of `powerdot-default.sty', by Hendri Adriaens and Christopher Ellison that removes the icon and puts blue strips on top and bottom.) HOWEVER there is nothing to prevent one from using negative coordinates. ALSO one can nest \rput's so everything can be moved relatively. > 2) this will work if you only want to place something like a > picture, but not if (and that is how I understood the original > question) you want something to be put at the bottom left, but > otherwise use the slide for other content. No, this works for any object. In particular I like to make a parbox that I move around with rput. Tom Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D. Senior Investigator National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory Molecular Information Theory Group Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 schneidt@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://schneider.ncifcrf.gov/ (current link) http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent link)