Aligning

There are 8 options on the ribbon to help you align objects.

The function of the menu option is different depending on how many objects that are selected and can also be altered with the Shift and Ctrl keys. The normal function for this menu option is to adjust the objects position, width and height so that it fills the complete screen or area defined with guidelines. If several objects are selected, they will all be expanded to fit the screen.

• With Shift: If one object is selected, the object will be centered to the middle of the screen. If more than one object is selected, the objects will be centered within the selection.
• With Ctrl: Will adjust all the selected objects to the screen width. The height of the objects and the vertical position is left unchanged.
• With Ctrl and Shift: Will adjust all the selected objects to the screen height. The width of the objects and the horizontal position is left unchanged.

Align objects to left, top, bottom or right. If one object is selected, these four buttons will align the object to the nearest guideline, or to the border of the screen. If more than one object is selected, then the buttons will align the selected objects to one side of the selection.

• With Shift: Instead of aligning the object(s) to one side by moving them, the object is aligned by stretching them to the selected side.

Distributing 

If you have selected several objects and want them to be distributed evenly over the page, there are four functions on the Movie tab. Go to Arrange > (Distribute).

Positions > Horizontal Positions will distribute the selected objects according to their left borders. This is good for example if you want several Text objects to form columns with equal widths.

Positions > Vertical Positions will distribute the selected objects according to their top borders. This is good for example if you want several Text objects to form rows with equal row heights.

Spacing > Horizontal Spacing will distribute the selected objects so that the spaces between them are equal in the horizontal direction.

Spacing > Vertical Spacing will distribute the selected objects so that the spaces between them are equal in the vertical direction.