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You may obtain a copy of + * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . + --> + + + <helpdocument version="1.0"> +<meta> +<topic id="textsdrawguidealign_arrangexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> +<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Arranging, Aligning and Distributing Objects</title> +<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/align_arrange.xhp</filename> +</topic> +</meta> +<body> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149656" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="align_arrange"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/align_arrange.xhp" name="Arranging and Aligning Objects">Arranging, Aligning and Distributing Objects</link> +</variable></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3125863"><bookmark_value>arranging; objects (guide)</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>objects;aligning</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>distributing draw objects</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>aligning;draw objects</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Arranging Objects</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153727" xml-lang="en-US">Each object that you place in your document is successively stacked on the preceding object. To re-arrange the stacking order of a selected object, proceed as follows.</paragraph> +<list type="ordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107D5" xml-lang="en-US">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Arrange</item> to bring up the context menu and choose one of the arrange options:</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107E6" xml-lang="en-US"> +<emph>Bring to Front</emph> places the object on top of all other objects</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107EC" xml-lang="en-US"> +<emph>Bring Forward</emph> places the object one place forward in the stack of objects</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F2" xml-lang="en-US"> +<emph>Send Backward</emph> places the object one place back in the stack of objects</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F8" xml-lang="en-US"> +<emph>Send to Back</emph> places the object behind all other objects</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107FE" xml-lang="en-US"> +<emph>Behind Object</emph> places the object behind another object that you select</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155766" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">Arranging an Object Behind Another Object</paragraph> +<list type="ordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10811" xml-lang="en-US">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154253" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Arrange</item> to open the context menu and choose <emph>Behind Object</emph>. The mouse pointer changes to a hand.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149126" xml-lang="en-US">Click the object behind which you want to place the selected object.</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145789" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">Reversing The Stacking Order of Two Objects</paragraph> +<list type="ordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US">Shift-click both objects to select them.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155114" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Arrange</item> to open the context menu and choose <emph>Reverse</emph>.</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166425" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Aligning Objects</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152994" xml-lang="en-US">The <emph>Alignment</emph> function enables you to align objects relative to each other or relative to the page.</paragraph> +<list type="ordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108A3" xml-lang="en-US">Select an object to align it to the page or select multiple objects to align them relative to each other.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108A7" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Align Objects</item> and select one of the alignment options.</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN108AE" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Distributing Objects</paragraph> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151390" xml-lang="en-US">If you select three or more objects in Draw, you can also use the <link href="text/shared/01/05360000.xhp" name="Distribution"><emph>Distribute selection</emph></link> command to distribute the vertical and horizontal spacing evenly between the objects.</paragraph> +<list type="ordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108CE" xml-lang="en-US">Select three or more objects to be distributed.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108D2" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Distribution</item>.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108DA" xml-lang="en-US">Select the horizontal and vertical distribution option and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150535" xml-lang="en-US">Selected objects are distributed evenly along the horizontal or vertical axis. The two outermost objects are used as reference points and do not move when the <emph>Distribution</emph> command is applied.</paragraph> +<section id="relatedtopics"> +<embed href="text/simpress/guide/move_object.xhp#move_object"/> +</section> +</body> +</helpdocument> |