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Selecting and arranging objects

Last updated 6/5/2015

Align or distribute relative to the bounding box of all selected objects

1 Select the objects to align or distribute.

2 In the Align panel or Control panel, select Align To Selection , and then click the button for the type of alignment

or distribution you want.

Align or distribute relative to one anchor point

1 Click the Direct-Selection tool, hold down Shift, and select the anchor points you want to align or distribute. The

last anchor point you select becomes the key anchor point.

The Align To Key Anchor option is automatically selected in the Align panel and Control panel.

2 In the Align panel or Control panel, click the button for the type of alignment or distribution you want.

Align or distribute relative to a key object

1 Select the objects to align or distribute.

2 Click again on the object you want to use as a key object (you don’t need to hold down Shift as you click this time).

A blue outline appears around the key object, and Align To Key Object is automatically selected in the Control

panel and Align panel.

3 In the Align panel or Control panel, click the button for the type of alignment or distribution you want.

Note: To stop aligning and distributing relative to an object, click again on the object to remove the blue outline, or

choose Cancel Key Object from the Align panel menu.

Align or distribute relative to an artboard

1 Select the objects to align or distribute.

2 Using the Selection tool, Shift-click in the artboard you want to use to activate it. The active artboard has a darker

outline than the others.

3 In the Align panel or Control panel, select Align To Artboard , and then click the button for the type of alignment

or distribution you want.

Distribute objects by specific amounts

You can distribute objects using exact distances between their paths.

1 Select the objects to distribute.

2 Use the Selection tool to click the path of the object you want the other objects to distribute around. The object

you click will remain fixed in its position.

3 In the Align panel, enter the amount of space to appear between objects in the Distribute Spacing text box.

If the Distribute Spacing options aren’t displayed, select Show Options from the panel menu.

4 Click either the Vertical Distribute Space button or the Horizontal Distribute Space button.

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