Operation Manual

226 | Corel DESIGNER X7 User Guide
To Do the following
Align an object with the page center
Click the Page center button .
To align the center of the object with the page center, make sure
that the Align center horizontally button and Align center
vertically button in the Align area are enabled.
Align an object with the closest grid line
Click the Grid button .
Align an object with a specified point
Click the Specified point button , and type values in the
Specify coordinates boxes.
You can also specify a point interactively by clicking the Specify
point button and clicking in the document window.
Set an alignment option for text objects In the Text area, choose one of the following options:
•First line baseline — aligns text by the baseline of the first line
•Last line baseline — aligns text by the baseline of the last line
•Bounding box — aligns text by its bounding box
You can also align objects with another object quickly, without using the Align and distribute docker, by clicking Object Align
and distribute and clicking any of the first six alignment commands. The letter next to a command name indicates the keyboard
shortcut that you can use to align objects. For example, the letter L next to the Align left command shows that you can press L to
align objects with the leftmost point of the object that is used as a reference point.
You can use snapping to precisely specify the alignment point. For more information, see “Working with precision ” on page 97.
To distribute objects
1 Select the objects.
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Click Object Align and distribute Align and distribute.
3 To distribute objects horizontally, click one of the following buttons:
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Distribute left — evenly spaces the left edges of the objects
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Distribute centerhorizontally — evenly spaces the center points of the objects along a horizontal axis
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Distribute right — evenly spaces the right edges of the objects
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Distribute space horizontally — places equal intervals between the objects along a horizontal axis
4 To distribute objects vertically, click one of the following buttons:
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Distribute top — evenly spaces the top edges of the objects
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Distribute centervertically — evenly spaces the center points of the objects along a vertical axis
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Distribute bottom — evenly spaces the bottom edges of the objects
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Distribute space vertically — places equal intervals between the objects along a vertical axis
5 To choose the area over which the objects are distributed, click one of the following buttons in the Distribute objects to area: