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Align and Distribute Objects Note:
In addition to dragging objects around the artboard, the Illustrator Align panel When multiple objects are
makes it very easy to align and distribute selected objects relative to one another, to selected, you can access the
a specific key object in the file, or to the overall artboard. In this exercise, you learn basic Align options in the
how to use the Align panel to align shapes.
Properties panel. Click
1. With icons.ai open, use the Selection tool (if necessary), to drag the third the More Options button
rectangle so that it appears between the second and fourth shapes. to access the full pop-up
panel.
The position of each rectangle on the artboard depends entirely on where you created
the first rectangle in this project. For the alignment process in this exercise to work
properly, the third shape — which you have not yet intentionally positioned — needs
to appear anywhere between the second and fourth rectangles. Don’t worry about its
exact position, though, because the following steps will put it where it needs to go. More Options

This shape needs to be
positioned between
the second and fourth
rectangles at the top
of the artboard.

2. Click and drag with the Selection tool to draw a marquee that touches
some part of all four objects on the artboard.
The Selection tool selects objects, so the selection marquee only needs to touch the
objects you want to select. The marquee doesn’t need to surround the objects entirely.

Start at the outside of
the existing shapes to
avoid moving them.

Selection marquee

The bounding box shows
the outer edges of the
entire selection (the four
shapes collectively).

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