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4.5 Controlling the relative position of multiple objects

The alignment operation described earlier is only part of the alignment provided by GoLive 5. To understand all the alignment features, go to the Align panel and see figure 4-26. In this panel, the currently available options will be highlighted, that is, "lit", which is not available, is grayed out, and is not "lit." GoLive 5 automatically provides the available options based on the currently selected object.

Figure 4-26 Entering the align panel

In this panel, the options in the Align to Percent (Snap to parent) area are used to align the selected objects with their parent, such as layout Grid, Text frame, as described earlier, and they can also be found in toolbars that you currently see. The options in other areas are used to control the relative positions between objects, some of which are not commonly used, but are unique, and are difficult to see in similar software (such as Dreamweaver 3), as shown in the table below to see what they are used for, and this tutorial is limited to one example of space.
Table: Options and uses for selecting multiple objects in the Align panel

Option name	Chinese meaning	Use
Align Left	Arrange left	Align objects with the left edge of the object at the leftmost end of the direction
Align Center	Arrange Center	Align to a common vertical centerline
Align Right	Align Right	Align objects with the right edge of the object at the right end
Align Top	Arrange the top edge	Aligns the objects at the top edge of the object with the highest horizontal direction
Align Center	Arrange Center	Align to a common horizontal centerline
Alig Ottom	Arrange the bottom	Align objects with low edges of the lowest object in the horizontal direction
Relative to left Edges	Relative to the left	To uniformly cloth objects in a horizontal direction based on the left line of each object
Relative to Vertical Centers	Relative to Vertical center	To uniformly cloth the objects in a horizontal direction based on the vertical centerline of each object
Relative to right Edges	Relative to right	To uniformly cloth the objects in a horizontal direction based on the right line of each object
Relative to Tops	Relative to the top edge	To uniformly cloth the objects vertically, using the top line of each object as the benchmark
Relative to horizontal Centers	Relative to the horizontal center	To uniformly cloth the objects in a vertical direction based on the horizontal centerline of each object
Relative to Bottoms	Relative to the bottom	The objects are uniformly in the vertical direction based on the bottom line of each object.
Distribute Spacing horizontally	Uniform Horizontal Spacing	The objects are uniformly spaced in the horizontal direction so that the left and right spacing are equal.
Distribute Spacing vertically	Uniform Vertical Spacing	Evenly-spaced objects in a vertical direction, making them equal up and down

Figure 4-27 Click this button when text is selected