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Aligning shapes

Use the alignment tools to adjust the relative position of a graphic

object compared to another object. Clicking on the Alignment icon in

the Drawing toolbar opens the extended toolbar (Figure 78). The same

alignment options are available from the right-click menu.

Figure 78: The Align

extended toolbar

The toolbar has six icons. The first three determine the horizontal

alignment of the selected objects (Left, Center, Right); the other three

determine the vertical alignment of the selected objects (Top, Middle,

Bottom). If only one object is selected, it is aligned to the page,

however when in a group, a single object is aligned to the edge of the

group selection.

Alignment using the grid and snap guides

The section “Aligning shapes” on page 115 discussed the alignment of

objects relative to each other or to the page border. However,

sometimes it is important to align objects to specific points of the page

or to make sure that objects that appear on multiple slides are placed

in exactly the same position. For this purpose Impress provides two

mechanisms: the Grid and the Snap Guides (also called Snap Lines).

Using the grid

Options for the grid are available in the menu that opens by right-

clicking on an empty part of the page in Normal view and choosing

Grid or by selecting View > Grid from the menu bar. In both cases a

submenu with three options opens:

• Visible Grid: displays the grid.

• Snap to Grid: the anchor points of an object will always be

placed on a grid when the object is moved or resized.

• Grid to Front: displays the grid in the foreground.

To set up the grid spacing and snapping options, choose Tools >

Options > OpenOffice.org Impress > Grid from the menu bar.

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