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38<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Arranging, Aligning and Distributing Objects</title>
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43<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149656" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="73"><variable id="align_arrange"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/align_arrange.xhp" name="Arranging and Aligning Objects">Arranging, Aligning and Distributing Objects</link>
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46<bookmark_value>objects;aligning</bookmark_value>
47<bookmark_value>distributing draw objects</bookmark_value>
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50<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="17">Arranging Objects</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153727" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">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>
52<list type="ordered">
53<listitem>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107D5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph>
55</listitem>
56<listitem>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="78">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item> to bring up the context menu and choose one of the arrange options:</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107E6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
59<emph>Bring to Front</emph> places the object on top of all other objects</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107EC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
61<emph>Bring Forward</emph> places the object one place forward in the stack of objects</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
63<emph>Send Backward</emph> places the object one place back in the stack of objects</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
65<emph>Send to Back</emph> places the object behind all other objects</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107FE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
67<emph>Behind Object</emph> places the object behind another object that you select</paragraph>
68</listitem>
69</list>
70<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155766" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="79">Arranging an Object Behind Another Object</paragraph>
71<list type="ordered">
72<listitem>
73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10811" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph>
74</listitem>
75<listitem>
76<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="80">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item> to open the context menu and choose <emph>Behind Object</emph>. The mouse pointer changes to a hand.</paragraph>
77</listitem>
78<listitem>
79<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="81">Click the object behind which you want to place the selected object.</paragraph>
80</listitem>
81</list>
82<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145789" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="20">Reversing The Stacking Order of Two Objects</paragraph>
83<list type="ordered">
84<listitem>
85<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="83">Shift-click both objects to select them.</paragraph>
86</listitem>
87<listitem>
88<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="84">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item> to open the context menu and choose <emph>Reverse</emph>.</paragraph>
89</listitem>
90</list>
91<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166425" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="21">Aligning Objects</paragraph>
92<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152994" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="22">The <emph>Alignment</emph> function enables you to align objects relative to each other or relative to the page.</paragraph>
93<list type="ordered">
94<listitem>
95<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108A3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select an object to align it to the page or select multiple objects to align them relative to each other.</paragraph>
96</listitem>
97<listitem>
98<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108A7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Alignment</item> and select one of the alignment options.</paragraph>
99</listitem>
100</list>
101<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN108AE" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Distributing Objects</paragraph>
102<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151390" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="71">If you select three or more objects in Draw, you can also use the <link href="text/shared/01/05360000.xhp" name="Distribution"><emph>Distribution</emph></link> command to distribute the vertical and horizontal spacing evenly between the objects.</paragraph>
103<list type="ordered">
104<listitem>
105<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108CE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select three or more objects to be distributed.</paragraph>
106</listitem>
107<listitem>
108<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108D2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Distribution</item>.</paragraph>
109</listitem>
110<listitem>
111<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108DA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the horizontal and vertical distribution option and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
112</listitem>
113</list>
114<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150535" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="72">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>
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