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Aligningobjects

InPrintsections,objectswithan'absoluteposition',suchasaPositionedBox,haveafixedpositionin

relationtothepage(seealso:"UsingtheCSSpositionproperty"below).

Objectswithanabsolutepositioncanbealignedeasily:

1. PresstheCtrlkeyandholditdownwhileclickingontheobjectsthatyouwanttoalign.Thelast

selectedobjectisthereferenceobject;thisobjectwillnotbemoved.

2. Onthemenu,selectFormat > Align Objects,orusetherespectiveToolbarbuttonstoalignthe

objects.

Guides

Guidesarehorizontalandverticallinesusedtohelpindesigningtemplates,forexamplewhenpos-

itioningabsolutepositionsboxesoveraPDFbackground.TheycanonlybeusedinPrintsections.

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SelectView > Guides > Show guidestoshoworhidetheguidesandmargins.

Toaddaguide,presstheInsert Horizontal GuideorInsert Vertical GuidebuttonsontheToolbar.

Tomoveaguide,clickanddragittoanewlocation.

ClicktheShiftkeywhiledraggingtomaketheguidesnaptotheclosestrulertick.

Double-clickingaguidebringsupitsEditdialogwhereitsexactpositioncanbeadjusted.

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SelectView > Guides > Lock guidestolocktheguidesintheircurrentposition.

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SelectView > Guides > Snap to guidestomakePositionedBoxes(andanyotherobjectsthat

havetheirpositionsettoabsolute)snaptoguideswhenmovedwithinafewpixelsofthem.

Todeleteaguide,double-clickonitandpresstheDeletebutton.

UsingtheCSSpositionproperty

Anelementcanbepositionedindependentlyofthetextflowbychangingitspositionpropertyto

absoluteortorelative(thatis,relativetothe'parent',itscontainer).

Whenanelementisplacedinsideanotherelement,suchasaBox,changingitspositionpropertyto

absolutepositionstheelementabsolutelyinsideitsparent.

Withthepositionpropertyofanelementsettoabsolute,thetoporbottomandleftorright

propertiespositiontheelementinsideitsparentwithexactvalues:pixels(px),centimeters(cm),etc.

Negativevaluesareallowed.

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