Information Technology Reference
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TIP
You can move selected objects by single pixels with the arrow keys. You can also view display absolute pixel off-
sets by option-clicking an object. These can be
very
useful options.
FIGURE 7.21
Set a top-left origin reference for the label. The X and Y numbers show the coordinates of the top-left point.
Resizing and aligning objects and object groups
Figure 7.22 shows the contents of the Arrange menu. You can use this menu to align an object with another.
The most useful options are Center Vertically in Container and Center Horizontally in Container, which do
what you'd expect; they move an object's center to the center of its containing object. In this example, if you se-
lect the label object and select Center Horizontally…, the label appears center-justified in the view.
CAUTION
If you set the left and right edges to the left and right guides, centering does nothing. Try changing the width of
the object and centering it again. You can also center it vertically, but this moves the label so it covers the button.
FIGURE 7.22
Selecting options from the Alignment menu
