Symbol editing and orientation - symbol moves when edited

This issue has slowed down my Illustrator work for a while, so I thought I'd ask for advice.
I have a symbol in my document – for example, a set of tabs for a website interface.
When I make any changes to a symbol that result in new dimensions (changing the height of the tabs from 40px to 50px), this results in all instances of that symbol moving around on the canvas. In this example, the symbol would move up by 5px (half of the difference between the old and new heights). I then have to move each instance of that symbol back into its intended place, which is time-consuming.
I wondered if the "Flash registration" orientation widget that shows up in the symbol creation dialog box would force the symbol to align to a certain location, but it seems to have no effect on the symbol inside of Illustrator. The symbol stays permanently aligned to its original centerpoint, regardless of any subsequent changes, and can't be made to align to anywhere other than that centerpoint. It would be really useful to force alignment to the top left, for example.
Any suggestions?

You do realize, don't you, that after editing the Symbol, you can...:
Symbol palette: Select the Symbol you edited.
Symbol palette flyout menu: Select All Instances.
DoubleClick the black pointer tool. Enter move distances.
...thereby repositioning all Instances in one move?
JET

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