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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)
Page(s):
If the objects are on a single page, the
boundaries are the edges of the page. (This lets
you, for example, center objects on the page or
align against the page edge.)
Aligning
To align objects, for example, so their left edges are aligned to the left.
1.
Select the objects and right click the selection.
2.
Choose "Align" > "Left Edges" from the drop-down list.
The selected objects move to align the left edges.
Alternatively:
1.
Choose "Align" > "Alignment" or press "Ctrl + Shift + L" or choose Alignment from the
Arrange menu to open the Object Alignment dialog.
2.
Select the required Within option, e.g. Selection bounds.
3.
Select Align Left for horizontal positions.
4.
Leave vertical positions to No Change.
5.
Click Apply.
The selected objects move to align the left edges.
All the align options act in a similar way. For brevity, only the left align option, shown in the illustration of
the dialog box is described. Experiment to learn about the other options.
To quick-select any combinations of vertical and horizontal alignment click with the mouse in the
diagram:

A simple mouse click aligns horizontal and vertical positions to the clicked position to any of the
nine combinations of top-centrally-bottom/left-centrally-right.

"Ctrl + mouse click" leaves the horizontal position unchanged and arranges the objects in a to a
top, centrally, or bottom aligned row.

"ñ+ mouse click" leaves the vertical position unchanged and arranges the objects in a left,
centrally, or right-aligned column.
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