Align and distribute objects

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CorelDRAW lets you precisely align and distribute objects in a drawing.

You can align objects with each other and with parts of the drawing page, such as the center, edges, and the closest grid line. You can also align objects with a specified point by entering its exact x and y coordinates. You can align objects by their edges (left, right, top or bottom) or by their centers.

Distributing objects automatically adds spacing between them based on their width, height, and center points. You can distribute objects so that their center points or selected edges (for example, top or right) appear at equal intervals. You can also distribute objects so that there is equal space between them. You can distribute objects over the extent of the bounding box surrounding them or over the entire drawing page. In addition, you can distribute objects by specifying the distance between them.

Scattered objects (left) are vertically aligned and equally distributed (right).

To prevent blurry edges in objects designed for web use, you can align the objects with the pixel grid. This feature realigns the nodes or edges of the object to position them correctly on the pixel grid.

Align objects with the pixel grid to prevent blurry edges.

To align objects

 

To	Do the following
Align an object with a specific object	Click the Selected objects button . If you select the objects one at a time, the last object selected is the reference point for aligning the other objects. If you marquee select the objects, the object that is positioned in the upper-left corner of the selection is used as a reference point.
Align an object with the page edge	Click the Page edge button .
Align an object with the page center	Click the Page center button . To align the center of the object with the page center, make sure that the Align center horizontally button and Align center vertically button in the Align area are enabled.
Align an object with the closest grid line	Click the Grid button .
Align an object with a specified point	Click the Specified point button , and type values in the X and Y boxes. You can also specify a point interactively by clicking the Specify point button, and clicking in the document window.

 

You can also
Set an alignment option for text objects	Before clicking one of the alignment buttons described in the previous step, click one of the following buttons in the Text area: • First line baseline — aligns and distributes text by the baseline of the first line • Last line baseline — aligns and distributes text by the baseline of the last line • Bounding box — aligns and distributes text by its bounding box

 

You can also align objects with another object quickly, without using the Align and Distribute docker, by clicking Object Align and Distribute and clicking any of the first six alignment commands. The letter next to a command name indicates the keyboard shortcut that you can use to align objects. For example, the letter L next to the Align Left command shows that you can press L to align objects with the leftmost point of the object that is used as a reference point.

You can also align all objects with the page center, vertically and horizontally, by pressing P.

To distribute objects

Top row: Options for distributing objects horizontally. 1) The Left option evenly spaces the left edges. 2) The Center option evenly spaces the center points. Bottom row: Options for distributing objects vertically. 3) The Top option evenly spaces the top edges. 4) The Center option evenly spaces the center points.

To distribute objects by a specified distance

To align an object with the pixel grid

The Align with Pixel Grid feature works with basic curves and shapes. It is unavailable for complex objects and effects such as symbols, text, symmetry groups, vector effects, and PowerClip objects.

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