Align to a Specific Object

The Align palette (Window>Align) is a simple way to take a number of selected objects and line them up vertically or horizontally by their edges or centers. You can control this alignment by lining up all objects with one specific object. To do this, select all the objects and then click on one object (all the objects will stay selected). Then click on the appropriate icon in the Align palette (or Control Palette) and all the objects will align relative to the object you clicked on. For example, we aligned all of the objects by selecting them and then clicking on the eye graphic. Then we clicked on the Horizontal Align Center icon in the Align palette.