2013

Object Handling 125
The small diagram at the top of the dialog box shows
you the effect of selecting each option. The selected
objects in the document do not change until you click
APPLY.
The alignment dialog is a non-modal dialog, which
means you can keep it on screen and continue to
work on the document at the same time. So you can
change tools, draw, and change your object selection,
and then easily select from the various alignment
options.
If you’ve got your selection wrong, you can change
the selection, and just click the
APPLY button to apply
the last alignment settings again. This can be a real-
time saver.
Within
This section of the dialog controls the boundaries within which you align or distribute
the objects. The options are:
SELECTION BOUNDS: The boundaries are the outer
edges of the selected objects. Their relative position
on the page or spread has no effect.
BOUNDS OF BACK OBJECT: The boundaries are the
outer edges of the backmost selected object. This
object is not affected by the alignment.
You can use this to define the "reference" object
when you want to align several objects in a row, for
instance. With the normal "Selection bounds"
options on the leftmost object is the reference object
(the one that won't move)