Fine control of the crop tool

I'm using Photoshop Elements 9 on Mac OS 10.7.2. Is there a way to fine tune the motion of the crop tool? When cropping a phot, the crop box seems to jump pixel-by-pixel. Is there a button I can hold down while cropping that will allow completely smooth movement?

You should be able to hold down the Cmd key to keep the crop tool from snapping to the edges of the document.
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    Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger

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