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7. With the Selection tool still active, press Shift and click anywhere inside the
area where the template images are placed.
Pressing Shift allows you to add objects to the current selection. The first rectangle and
the image should both be selected.
8. With both objects selected, click the Align To button in the Control panel.
Click this button to access
the Align To options.
The placed template images are
stacked on top of each other in
the order you placed them.
Remember, the other two
template object layers are still
locked. Even though you can’t
see it, you can select the cold.tif
image by clicking in the area
where it is placed.
9. Choose Align to Key Object in the menu.
The Align and Distribute
options in the Control
panel are the same as the
options in the Align panel.
The default key
object is identified
with a heavy border.
10. Click the selected rounded rectangle on the artboard.
Key Object alignment allows you to define where you want other objects to align.
By selecting the key object, you’re telling Illustrator which object to use as the basis
for alignment.
Click any object to
define the key object
for the alignment.
The border color
matches the defined
layer color.
50 Project 1: International Symbols
