Working with various Objects & Shapes

Aligning of Objects

When selected, every object has handles that surround it. The handles also serve another purpose-they make an invisible rectangular boundary around objects. This boundary is used when aligning objects. When objects are aligned, they are lined up using a common boundary or page edge. For instance, if two objects are aligned on the left, the objects are aligned using each invisible left boundary.

To align objects:

1. Select two or more objects as shown below.

2. Choose Arrange > Align and Distribute or click the Align and Distribute button at the right end of the property bar.

The Align and Distribute dialog box appears as shown below:

3. Select the type of alignment you want: horizontal or vertical. You can align the objects in two dimensions simultaneously or in just one dimension.

4. To accept the alignment, click Apply. If you aren't satisfied, click Reset and try again.

Shortcut keys -Align and Distribute:

Align Left L     Align Right R     Align Top T     Align Bottom B     Align Center Horizontally E     Align Center Vertically C