Horizontal Distribute Center will move the objects either left or right to distribute the centers of the objects equally. Horizontal Distribute Left will distribute the lefts of the objects equally. But I’ve added the red lines anyway to show that they’re equally apart. My objects were already vertically distributed so they haven’t moved. Vertical Distribute Bottom will distribute the bottoms of the objects equally. Hitting Vertical Distribute Center will move the objects up or down to distribute the centers of the objects equally. I’ve drawn red lines on the top of each object to show that the tops of all the objects are equidistant. Vertical Distribute Top will distribute the tops of the objects equally. Vertical Align Bottom will align everything to the most bottom part of the selection, which is the bottom of the pinkish square. Vertical Align Center will move the objects either up or down to align everything to the center of the selection. Vertical Align Top will align everything to the most top part of the selection, which is the top of the black square. When we select them all and hit Horizontal Align Left, they will all align to the most left part of the selection, which is the pinkish square’s left.Ĭlicking Horizontal Align Center will move the objects either left or right to align everything to the center of the selection.Ĭlicking Horizontal Align Right will align everything to the most right part of the selection, which is the black square’s right. Here we have two squares and a circle placed randomly on the artboard.
blue circle – hamburger red circle – drop down menu Make sure you’re on ‘Align to Selection.’ That means everything you select will all align relative to each other. There should now be a dropdown menu on the bottom right corner that says ‘Align To:’. Distributing means equally distributing the objects you select from the left, right, bottom, top, or center.īefore we go into every alignment and distribution option, first click on the hamburger on the top right and click ‘Show Options’ if it’s not already clicked. What’s the difference? Aligning means aligning every object you select to the furthest most left, right, bottom, top, or center. The top row has alignment options while the bottom row has distribution options. It’s under Window > Object & Layout > Align (or Shift F7) in InDesign. If you don’t see it, go to Window > Align (or Shift F7). The icon that looks like a bar graph and says ‘Align’ will open up your alignment panel.
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Because it’s almost exactly the same in both programs, I’ll be showing how to use it in Illustrator while adding in bits that are specific to InDesign in blue. In this tutorial we’ll learn how to use the Align panel in both Illustrator and InDesign.
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