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4. Using the Selection tool, click the top-left rounded rectangle to select it.

5. With the Selection tool 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. (Remember, the other three template object layers
are still locked. Even though you can’t see it, you can select the picnic.jpg image by
clicking in the area where it is placed.)

6. With both objects selected, click the Align To button in the Control panel.
The Align and Distribute options in the Control panel are the same as the options in
the Align panel.

Click this button
to access the
Align To options.

The placed template
images are stacked on
top of each other in
the order in which you
placed them.

7. Choose Align to Key Object in the menu.

The default key
object is identified
with a heavy border.

8. 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 selected
object to define the
key object for the
alignment.

The border colors
match the defined
layer colors.

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