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11. With the five frames selected, choose Object>Group.
Grouping multiple objects means you can treat them as a single unit.

After grouping,
a single bounding box
outlines the entire group.

Note:

Group objects by pressing
Command/Control-G.
12. Open the Align panel (Window>Object & Layout>Align).
You can use the Align panel to align multiple objects relative to one another, to the Ungroup objects by
page margins, to the page, or to the spread. The Align Objects options are fairly self pressing Command/
explanatory; when multiple objects are selected, the objects align based on the edge(s) or Control-Shift-G.
center(s) you click.
Align Right Edges Align Top Edges
Align Horizontal Centers Align Vertical Centers
Align Left Edges Align Bottom Edges

Distribute Top Edges Distribute Right Edges
Distribute Vertical Centers Distribute Horizontal Centers
Distribute Bottom Edges Distribute Left Edges
Note:

13. With the grouped graphics frames selected, press Shift and then click to add When the insertion point
the green-filled shape to the active selection. is not flashing in text,
choosing Edit>Select All
You can Shift-click an object to select it in addition to the previously selected object(s), selects all objects on the
or Shift-click an already selected object to deselect it without deselecting other objects.
active spread.

Shift-click to add
this shape to the
previous selection.

The selection bounding
box now surrounds all
objects on the page.

Note:
14. In the Align panel, open the Align To menu and make sure Align To
Selection is the active option. Depending on the width
of your monitor and
Using the (default) Align To Selection option, selected objects the workspace you are
align to one another based on the outermost edge of the
entire selection. In other words, aligning the top edges moves using, many of the Align
all objects to the same Y position as the highest object in the options are be available
selection. in the Control panel. You
can also customize the
If you use the Key Object option, you can click any object in Control panel to make
the selection to designate it as the key. (The key object shows a them available even if
heavier border than other objects in the selection.)
they are not included by
Because you can align objects relative to the document, the align buttons are also default.
available when only one object is selected, allowing you to align any single object to a
precise location on the page or spread.

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