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Alignment
This lets you accurately align or distribute two or more objects.
Quick aligning
Select the objects you want to align, and right click the selection to choose Align
from the drop-down menu, and then do one of the following:

Align the objects vertically by choosing Left edges, Centers or Right edges.

Align the objects horizontally by choosing Top edges, Centers or Bottom edges.
Aligning and distributing space
If you want to distribute space between the objects as well as align them, select the objects, right click
the selection and choose "Align" > "Alignment" to display the Object Alignment dialog. Alternatively
choose "Arrange" > "Alignment" ("Ctrl +
?+ L").
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.
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