Aligning and distributing objects

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Aligning and distributing objects

FreePDF: The Alignment and distribution functions are not included in FreePDF.

You can align objects to other objects or to page guides.

1.Select the Object tool icon_tool_object in the Quick access toolbar.
2.Select one or more objects that you want to align.
3.Choose the ribbon command Format | group Size and position | Align icon_objects_align, and select one of the available alignments. For more information, see below.
4.The order in which you selected the objects does not affect the order in which they are arranged. Instead, objects on the left are aligned to the object that is furthest left – and the same applies to objects on the right, top, etc.

Available alignments

The ribbon command Align opens a dropdown list with the following options (from top to bottom):

To Page Left: This option aligns the objects to the left edge of the object furthest left.

To Page Center: This option aligns the objects horizontally centered to each other.

To Page Right: This option aligns the objects to the right edge of the object furthest right.

To Page Top: This option aligns the objects to the top edge of the top object.

To Page Middle: This option aligns the objects vertically centered to each other.

To Page Bottom: This option aligns the objects to the bottom edge of the bottom object.

Distribute horizontally: This option distributes objects evenly between the left edge of the object furthest left and the right edge of the object furthest right.

Distribute vertically: This option distributes objects evenly between the top edge of the top object and the bottom edge of the bottom object.

Note: The last two commands only work if at least three objects are selected.

Note

The alignment of text boxes does not affect the alignment of the text contained in them.