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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
2 In the Align palette, do any of the following:
• To align or distribute relative to the bounding box of all selected objects, click the button for the type of alignment
or distribution you want.
• To align or distribute relative to a specific object, click that object. Then click the button for the type of alignment
or distribution you want.
• To stop aligning and distributing relative to an object, choose Cancel Key Object from the Align palette menu.
• To align relative to the artboard, select Align To Artboard from the palette menu. Then click the button for the
type of alignment you want.
By default, Illustrator calculates alignment and distribution based on the objects’ paths. However, when working
with objects that have different stroke weights, you can use the edge of the stroke to calculate alignment and distri-
bution instead. To do this, select Use Preview Bounds from the Align palette menu.
See also
“About the Align palette” on page 272
To distribute objects by specific amounts
You can distribute objects using exact distances between their paths.
1 Select the objects to distribute.
2 In the Align palette, enter the amount of space to appear between objects in the Distribute Spacing text box.
If the Distribute Spacing options aren’t showing, select Show Options from the palette menu.
3 Select the Selection tool , and then click the path of the object to which you want the other objects to distribute.
The object you click will remain fixed in its position.
4 Click either the Vertical Distribute Space button or the Horizontal Distribute Space button.
See also
“About the Align palette” on page 272
Rotating objects
Rotating objects
Rotating an object turnsitaroundafixedpoint that youdesignate. Thedefault referencepoint is theobject’scenter
point. If you have multiple objects in a selection, the objects will rotate around a single reference point, which is the
center point of the selection or bounding box by default. To rotate each object around its own center point, use the
Transform Each command.
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