Technical News & Information for Australian Data Systems Customers
24 June 2002

Align Edges

Used to align an element(s) to an edge of another element. MS/J

Tool Setting

Effect
Align Sets the manner by which to align:
  • Top
  • Bottom
  • Left
  • Right
  • Horiz(ontal) Center
  • Vert(ical) Center
  • Both Centers
Use Fence If on, the fence contents are aligned. The option menu sets the Fence (Selection) Mode.

To align elements to another element

  1. Select or fence the elements to align.
  2. Select the Align Edges tool.
  3. Identify the base element to which to align the selected elements.
    The selected elements are aligned to the edge of the base element.
  4. Accept the alignment to the base element.

Alternative Method — To align elements to another element

  1. Select the Align Edges tool.
  2. Identify the base element to which to align other elements.
    The base element highlights, and a range block is displayed normal to the view.
  3. Identify an element to align.
    The identified element is aligned to the edge of the base element, which remains highlighted with the range block.
  4. Continue identifying elements until all of the desired elements are aligned to the base element.
  5. Accept the last element's alignment to the base element.
    The base element remains highlighted with the range block.
  6. Reset.

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