The layout mode Arrange menu provides a number of different object justification options. The Justify item in this menu is a cascade menu item which when selected, presents a vertical list of graphical representations of the justification options. From top to bottom, these are justify left, justify horizontal center, justify right, justify top, justify vertical center, and justify bottom.
The justification options operate on one or more selected objects. In a multiple object selection set, the object with gray-filled selection handles is called the "anchor" object. For the justification options, this anchor object is not relevant. When you have a set of selected objects, you can add objects to, or remove objects from the selection set by holding down the Shift key and clicking on an unselected object or a selected object respectively.
All justification options operate with respect to the parent object(s) of the object(s) being justified. For example, the "justify left" option operating on a selection set consisting of one form field owned by the paint window and another owned by a frame form field would move the object owned by the window to the window's left border and the object owned by the frame to the frame's left border.
The justification options operate as shown in the following table:
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The justify left operation adjusts the positions of all objects in the selection set such that the left-most object within each different parent object is moved to the left border of its parent object. All objects owned by the same parent are moved such that the same horizontal spacing between the objects is preserved. |
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The justify horizontal center operation adjusts the positions of all objects in the selection set such that the distance between the left-most object and its parent object's left border, and the right-most object and its parent object's right border are the same. All objects owned by the same parent are moved such that the same horizontal spacing between the objects is preserved. |
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The justify right operation adjusts the positions of all objects in the selection set such that the right-most object within each different parent object is moved to the right border of its parent object. All objects owned by the same parent are moved such that the same horizontal spacing between the objects is preserved. |
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The justify top operation adjusts the positions of all objects in the selection set such that the top-most object within each different parent object is moved to the top border of its parent object. All objects owned by the same parent are moved such that the same vertical spacing between the objects is preserved. |
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The justify vertical center operation adjusts the positions of all objects in the selection set such that the distance between the top-most object and its parent object's top border, and the bottom-most object and its parent object's bottom border are the same. All objects owned by the same parent are moved such that the same vertical spacing between the objects is preserved. |
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The justify bottom operation adjusts the positions of all objects in the selection set such that the bottom-most object within each different parent object is moved to the bottom border of its parent object. All objects owned by the same parent are moved such that the same vertical spacing between the objects is preserved. |