Aligning objects

You can use the Alignment Tools add-on to align and distribute objects on a page. You can align selected objects on the bottom, left, right, top, vertically or horizontally. You can also align stacked objects vertically or horizontally.

If you want, you can display guidelines on a page to assist you in manually aligning objects with other objects, as well as the page’s vertical and horizontal centers. You can also set objects to align automatically with these guidelines when you move the objects on a page (see Moving objects).

To align objects on a page

1. Select the objects you want to align (see Selecting objects).

2. Press Add-ons on the toolbar to display the Alignment Tools buttons.

3. Press an alignment button:

   Button	Name	Select this button to:
   	Align bottom	Align selected objects along their bottom edge.
   	Align left	Align selected objects along their left edge.
   	Align middle X	Align selected objects vertically through the middle of the objects.
   	Align middle Y	Align selected objects horizontally through the middle of the objects.
   	Align right	Align selected objects along their right edge.
   	Align top	Align selected objects along their top edge.
   	Stack horizontally	Align selected stacked objects horizontally.
   	Stack vertically	Align selected stacked objects vertically.

To display guidelines

1. Select View > Alignment.

   The Alignment dialog box appears.

2. Select check boxes to specify which guidelines you want to display:

   Check box	Select this check box to:
   Show guides for active objects	Display a guideline when you move an object into alignment with another object.
   Show vertical page center guide	Display a guideline when you move an object into alignment with the page’s vertical center.
   Show horizontal page center guide	Display a guideline when you move an object into alignment with the page’s horizontal center.
   Snap objects to guides	Automatically align objects to guidelines when you move the objects on a page.

3. If you want to change the color of the guidelines, press the colored bar to the left of Guide color, and then select a color.

4. Press OK.