Aligning and distributing objects, Align panel overview, Align or distribute objects – Adobe InDesign CC 2015 User Manual
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Layout and design
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Width and Height
These fields display the size of the alternate layout. You can enter your own values, but that changes
the Page Size to custom.
Orientation
Choose an orientation for the alternate layout. If you switch between Portrait and Landscape, the Height
and Width are updated.
Liquid Page Rule
Choose a liquid page rule to apply to the alternate layout. Select Preserve Existing to inherit the liquid
page rules applied to the source pages. Select another rule to apply new liquid page rules.
Link Stories
Enable this option to place objects and to link them to the original objects on the source layout. When you
update the original object, it is easier to manage updates for linked objects. See .
Copy Text Styles to New Style Group
Enable this option to copy all text styles, and place them in a new group. This
option is useful if you need to vary the text styles between various layouts.
Smart Text Reflow
Enable this option to remove any forced line breaks and other style overrides to the text.
Aligning and distributing objects
Align panel overview
You use the Align panel (Window > Object & Layout > Align) to align or distribute objects horizontally or vertically
along the selection, margins, page, or spread. Consider the following when working with the Align panel:
• The Align panel doesn’t affect objects to which you’ve applied the Lock Position command, and doesn’t change the
alignment of text paragraphs within their frames.
• Text alignment is not affected by the Align Objects options. (See
.)
• You can use the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box (Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts) to create custom align and distribute
shortcuts. (Under Product Area, select Object Editing.)
A Vertical alignment buttons B Vertical distribution buttons C Use Spacing distribution D Horizontal alignment buttons E Horizontal
distribution buttons
F Alignment location options
Align or distribute objects
You can use the Align panel to align or space selected objects horizontally or vertically to the selection, margins, page,
or spread.