This reply got me thinking of the solution. I save the current zoom level
for the screen in a variable, then change it to 100 while the shapes are
created. Once it's done, I reset the zoom level back to the original value.
The shapes then are placed exactly as required.

Thanks for your help

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Because of issues like this, not just in 2007 but in all versions, some
people leave the window zoom at 100%.

- Jon
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