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3. Press and hold Option/Alt, then click the frame and drag right.
Release the mouse button when green lines connect the top, center, and
bottom edges of the two shapes, and when the preview shows 1/8″ space
between the two objects. Note:

Pressing Option/Alt as you drag moves a copy of the selected object (called cloning). You can also press Shift
to constrain the drag/
As you drag, a series of green lines mark the top, center, and bottom of the original cloning movement to 45°
object. These green lines are a function of InDesign’s Smart Guides, which make it easy angles from the original
to align objects to each other by simply dragging.
object.
Selection
tool
Green Smart Guides
mark object edges Note:
and center points.
You might need to zoom
in closer to the object you
are dragging to see the
“Clone” Selection
tool cursor Smart Guides.

4. Click the second shape, press Option/Alt, and drag right. Release the mouse
button when the horizontal edges align, and when you see opposing arrows
below/between the three frames.
In addition to aligning edges, Smart Guides also make it easy to identify and match the
distances between multiple objects. Smart Guides also identify equal dimensions when
you create a new object near an existing one.

Note:
Smart guides do not
function when moving
objects on the pasteboard
(outside the page
Smart Guides identify equal boundaries.)
spacing between multiple objects.

5. With the third object still selected, choose Object>Transform Again>
Transform Again.
This command applies the last-used
transformation to the selected object. Because
you used the cloning movement in the
previous step, the result is a fourth copy that is spaced at the same distance you moved
the copy in Step 4. (The Transform Again command can be used to re-apply rotation,
scaling, sizing, and other transformations.)

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