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12. Click the fourth shape on the page. In the Control or Transform panel, select
the top-right reference point, type 8 in the X field, and type .5 in the Y field.

The top-right reference
point means the X and Y
values refer to the
top-right corner of the
selected shape.

Because you changed the reference point, you defined the X/Y position for the top-right
bounding box handle of the fourth rectangle.

13. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

align and distriBute oBjects

In addition to dragging objects around the artboard, the Illustrator Align panel makes
it very easy to align and distribute selected objects relative to one another, to a specific
key object in the file, or to the overall artboard. In this exercise, you learn how to use
the Align panel to align shapes.
1. With icons.ai open, click and drag with the Selection tool to draw a
marquee that touches some part of all four objects on the artboard.
The Selection tool selects objects, so the selection marquee only needs to touch the
objects you want to select. The marquee doesn’t need to surround the objects entirely.

We started the marquee here
because clicking the top-left
shape would have resulted in
dragging that shape instead of
creating a selection marquee.

Selection marquee

The bounding box shows
the outer edges of the
entire selection (the four
shapes collectively).

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