Operation Manual

224 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide
To Do the following
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:
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First line baseline — aligns text by the baseline of the first
line
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Last line baseline — aligns text by the baseline of the last
line
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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 also align all objects with the page center, vertically and horizontally, by pressing P.
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 center horizontally — 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 center vertically — 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:
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Extent of selection — distributes the objects over the area of the bounding box surrounding them