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11. Click the right-center bounding box Click the center handle, then
handle of the active selection. press the Spacebar and drag left.
Press and hold the Spacebar,
then drag left. When you see no
space between the five frames,
release the mouse button.

As you drag, the space between the
selected objects changes; the size
of the actual objects is not affected The space between The size of selected
(called live distribution). selected objects is reduced. objects is not affected.

12. Click the right-center handle again. Without pressing the Spacebar, drag
left until the cursor feedback shows the width of the selection is 5.5″.
Simply dragging the handle resizes
the entire selection; the spacing and
position of various selected objects
relative to one another is not affected.

13. With the five frames selected, choose Object>Group.
Grouping objects means you can treat
them as a single unit. After grouping,
a single dotted-line bounding box
outlines the entire group.
You can also press Command/
Control-G to create a group from selected objects.
Note:
14. Open the Align panel (Window>Object & Layout>Align).
Ungroup objects by
You can use the Align panel to align multiple objects relative to one another, to the pressing Command/
page, or to the spread. The Align Objects options are fairly self-explanatory; when Control-Shift-G.
multiple objects are selected, they align based on the edge(s) or center(s) you click.

Align Right Edges Align Top Edges
Align Horizontal Centers Align Vertical Centers Note:
Align Left Edges Align Bottom Edges Align options are
also available in the
Distribute Top Edges Distribute Right Edges
Properties panel and,
Distribute Vertical Centers Distribute Horizontal Centers depending on the width
Distribute Bottom Edges Distribute Left Edges of your monitor and the
workspace you are using,
in the Control panel.

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