Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
8.
Choose View > Preview to see the artwork.
Aligning objects
Illustrator makes it easy to align or distribute multiple objects relative to each other, the
artboard, or a key object. In this section, you will explore the options for aligning objects and
aligning points, and you will learn what a key object is.
Aligning objects to each other
1.
Choose Select > RobotMouth to reselect the orange shapes.
2.
Click the Next artboard button ( ) in the lower-left corner of the Document window to
fit the artboard with the orange and red shapes in the window.
3.
Select the Zoom tool ( ) in the Tools panel, and drag a marquee around the series of
orange-filled shapes, to zoom in.
4.
Choose Align To Selection from the Align To button (
) in the Control panel, if it's
not already selected.
This ensures that the selected objects are aligned to each other.
5.
Click the Vertical Align Bottom button ( ) in the Control panel.
Notice that the bottom edges of all the orange objects move to align with the lowest
orange object.
