Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 388)

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Using the Distribute Horizontal Space option and adding a value for Use Spacing
A. Creates spaces of a specified value between each object B. Changes the overall width of the objects as a whole
When you use spacing with vertical distribution, selected objects are spaced from top to bottom, starting with the
top-most object. When you use spacing with horizontal distribution, selected objects are spaced from left to right,
starting from the left-most object.
Grouping, locking, and duplicating objects
Group or ungroup objects
You can combine several objects into a group so that they are treated as a single unit. You can then move or transform
the objects without affecting their individual positions or attributes. For example, you might group the objects in a
logo design so that you can move and scale the logo as one unit.
Grouped object
Groups can also be nested—grouped into subgroups within larger groups. Use the Selection, Direct Selection, and
Group Selection tools to select different levels of a nested group’s hierarchy.
If you’re working with a stack of overlapping objects, and you group some objects that aren’t adjacent in the stacking
order, the selected objects will be pulled together in the stacking order, right behind the frontmost selected object.
(For example, when objects are stacked as A, B, C, D from front to back, and you group B and D together, the stacking
order becomes A, B, D, C.) If you group objects that exist on different named layers, all of the objects move to the
frontmost layer on which you selected an object. Also, the objects you select must either be all locked or all unlocked.
1 Select multiple objects to be grouped or ungrouped. Selecting part of an object (for example, an anchor point) will
group the entire object.
2 Choose either Object > Group or Object > Ungroup.
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