Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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 low-
est orange object.
6.
Choose Edit > Undo Align to return the objects to their original positions. Leave
the objects selected for the next section.
Aligning to a key object
A
key object
is an object that you want other objects to align to. You specify a key object
by selecting all the objects you want to align, including the key object, and then clicking
the key object again. When selected, the key object has a thick outline, and the Align To
Key Object icon ( ) appears in the Control panel and the Align panel. Next, you will
align the orange shapes.
1.
With the orange shapes still selected, click the leftmost shape with the Selection
tool (
).
The thick blue outline indicates that the leftmost shape is the key object that other
objects will align to.
