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With the shapes selected, the vertical alignment options are:
Align Top
aligns shapes along the top side of the uppermost shape of the group.
Align Vertical Center
aligns shapes to a horizontal axis through the center.
Align Bottom
aligns shapes along the bottom side of the bottommost shape of the group.
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To center all three shapes, use either:
A combination of
Align Horizontal Center
and
Align Vertical Center:
Go to
Object>Alignment>Align Centers
5.19 Distribute
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The
Distribute
function rearranges the spacing between shapes. Similar to the
Alignment
function, you
can
Distribute to Page
(
Cutting Mat
) or you can
Distribute
to Selection
(selected shapes). There’s also a
third, called
Distribute to Selection Below,
which distributes based on whatever shape is positioned at the
lowest level on the
Layers Panel
and its difference in size relative to the outermost shape in the opposite
direction of the distribute option (and yes, this is confusing, but will be explained in
Section 5.19.3
)
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After selecting the shapes, these functions can be accessed by going to
Object>Distribute
.
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The following three shapes, in their current relative positions, will be used to illustrate what happens with
each distribute function when
Distribute to Selection
or
Distribute to Page
is applied. Note that a small
custom mat was created to facilitate screenshots:
Align Top
Align Vertical Center
Align Bottom
Align Centers
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