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CorelDRAW lets you quickly align and distribute nodes in one or more curves.
First, you need to choose a reference point. The reference point can be the bounding box of the selection, the page edge or center, the closest grid line, or a specified point.
The nodes in a curve (1) are left-aligned relative to the bounding box of all active nodes (2), the page edge (3) or center (4), the closest grid line (5), or a specified point (6).
After you set a reference point, you can choose an alignment option. You can align nodes to the left, right, top, or bottom, or along a horizontal or vertical axis.
The active nodes in a curve (top left) are aligned to the left (1), right (3), top (4), bottom (6), and along a vertical (2) and horizontal (5) axis relative to the bounding box of the selection.
You can align nodes from different curves.
The selected nodes from the two curves are aligned relative to a specified point.
When you align nodes in a selection, the alignment is based on the average of the bounding area of the active nodes. CorelDRAW aligns nodes based on the order in which they appear along a curve rather than on the order in which you select them because it can be time-consuming to select nodes one at a time in complex objects with hundreds of nodes. You can change the order of the nodes by reversing the direction of the curve object.
Distributing nodes adds equal spacing between them horizontally or vertically. You can distribute nodes within the bounding box that contains them or over the drawing page.
Nodes are distributed horizontally (1 and 3) and vertically (2 and 4) within the bounding box that surrounds them (1 and 2) and over the entire page (3 and 4).
CorelDRAW distributes nodes based on the order in which they appear along a curve.
From top to bottom: The nodes in a curve (top left and top right) are distributed horizontally (middle) or vertically (bottom) based on the order in which the nodes appear along the curve.
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In the Align and distribute docker (Window  Dockers Align and distribute), choose a reference point by performing a task from the following table: |
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Click the Active nodes button  in the Align nodes to area.
Note: When you select nodes along a curve, the nodes are aligned based on the order in which they appear along the curve. To change the direction of a curve, click the Reverse direction button  on the Shape tool property bar.
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Click the Page edge button  in the Align nodes to area.
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Click the Page center button  in the Align nodes to area.
Tip: To align nodes with the page center, make sure that the Align horizontally button  and Align vertically button  in the Align area are enabled.
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Click the Grid button  in the Align nodes to area.
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Click the Specified point button  in the Align nodes to area, and type values in the Specify coordinates boxes.
Tip: You can also specify a point interactively by clicking the Specify point button , and clicking in the document window.
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In the Text area, choose one of the following options:
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You can also align nodes within the active selection, vertically and horizontally, by clicking the Align nodes button 
on the property bar, and enabling one or more alignment options in the Node align dialog box.
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In the Align and distribute docker (Window Dockers Align and distribute), click one of the following buttons in the Distribute nodes to area to choose the area over which the nodes are distributed: |
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Extent of selection  — distributes the nodes over the area of the bounding box that contains them |
Since nodes have no real width or height, clicking any horizontal or vertical distribution button places equal space between the nodes along a horizontal or vertical axis, respectively.
Some features described in the Help are not included in this version of the product, and are available only in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018.
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— to align nodes to the left
— to align nodes to the right
— to align nodes to the top
— to align nodes to the bottom
— distributes the nodes over the drawing page
— aligns text by the baseline of the first line
— aligns text by the baseline of the last line
— aligns text by its bounding box