Control alignment on tab pages

This is an appearance/aesthetic issue only. I am building a tab control with 8 pages. Each page has the same controls for different channels. How do I align/position a control on a page to be in exactly the same place as the same control on the page above/beneath it?
PaulG.
"I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane." -- George Orwell

There is a way to allign the controls from diffrent tabs, it just takes two steps.
Use a set of dummy reference controls. One for top, one for left that are positioned off the tab control.
You allign the controls on one page to the dummy references, then repeat for the other tabs.
If you group like Dennis suggested the work is done in no time.
Trying to help,
Ben
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