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Aligning Openings with the Alignment Tab |
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The Alignment tab contains many tools to align and position openings. |
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Alignment Buttons | |
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Second/third rows of aligning buttons activate when two or more objects are selected. Second row of aligning buttons aligns objects horizontally within the group of selected objects. Third row of aligning buttons aligns objects vertically within the group of selected objects. |  |
These buttons refer to the furthest-most edges of the group of objects. |   |
Picture openings as surrounded by a rectangle. Objects will move within reference to that imaginary rectangle. NOTE: Rectangle highlights are displayed here as a reference; they do not appear on the screen. |   |
Align Openings to Left Edge | |
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Hold down the shift key and select two or more objects. | |
Click on the Alignment tab. Click Align Openings to Left Edge button. |  |
Objects align to the left-most object edge of the selection. |   |
Align Openings to Center | |
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Hold down the shift key and select two or more objects. |  |
Click on the Alignment tab. Click Align Openings to Center button. |  |
Objects align to the center of the selection horizontally. |   |
Align Openings to Right Edge | |
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Hold down the shift key and select two or more objects. | |
Click on the Alignment tab. Click Align Openings to Right Edge button. |  |
Objects align to the right edge of the selection. |   |
Align Openings to Bottom | |
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Hold down the shift key and select two or more objects. | |
Click on the Alignment tab. Click Align Openings to Bottom button. |  |
Objects align to the bottom edge of the selection. |   |
Align Openings to Middle | |
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Hold down the shift key and select two or more objects. | |
Click on the Alignment tab. |  |
Objects align to the middle (vertically) of the selection. |   |
Align Openings to Top | |
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Hold down the shift key and select two or more objects. | |
Click on the Alignment tab. Click Align Openings to Top button. |  |
Objects align to the top edge of the selection. |   |
Position (X,Y) | |
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Hold down the shift key and select two or more objects. Click on the Alignment tab. Object reference point is the highlighted handle point located in the lower left corner. Lower left corner of work space is 0,0. |   |
Enter the desired X and Y coordinates in the Position X and Y fields to move selected object(s) on the mat. |  |