The sides, tops, bottoms, centers, heights and/or widths of objects can be easily aligned.

 

To align multiple items, first select the objects you wish to align, and then go to Home→Editing→Arrange→Align. This will bring a list of the alignment tools that can be used to align your selected objects. (Figure 4.32).

 

Clicking on Align, under the Position Objects section, will open the Alignment dialog window, as seen in Figure 4.

 

Note: The Distribute Equally item in the Align dialog ensures that there is an equal distance, horizontally or vertically, between all the selected objects.

                                                                         

Figure 4.32  Align Menu

Figure 4.32  Align Menu

 

Figure 4 - Alignment Dialog Window

Figure 4 - Alignment Dialog Window

 

 

Objects are aligned with respect to the first item selected. For example, if you select several items, use the Home→Editing→Arrange→Align command, and then choose Tops, the tops of all the items will be placed in the same position as the first selected item. An example of objects whose horizontal centers were aligned is shown in Figure 4.33.

 

In addition, to make multiple objects the same size:

 

1. Select the object you wish to resize to.
2. Ctrl + Click on the objects to be resized.
3. Use the Home→Editing→Arrange→Align command and choose both Widths and Heights. All objects will then be resized to the first object you selected.

 

 

Figure 4.33  Horizontal Center Alignment

Figure 4.33  Horizontal Center Alignment

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