Another thought I had was that maybe you could enlarge the layout on your screen. My program usually shows the layout at 17% of regular size. That's fine for placing large elements, but I often have to enlarge the layout to 33% (or even more) to accurately place text or smaller elements. You can only see a portion of the layout when you do this, but it helps to make sure it's in the exact place where you want it.

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