Align Annotation

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  1. Annotation to be Aligned
    1. Align Right or Left
  2. Align Top or Bottom
  3. Align Vertical or Horizontal
  4. Space Horizontally or Vertically
  5. Same Width, Height, Size
  6. Mirror Horizontally or Vertically
  7. Right Click Align Menu

With the Align Toolbar, you can organize and arrange groups of annotation in the document region.

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Name

Description

Align Left

All selected annotation are aligned based on the left edge

Align Right

All selected annotation are aligned based on the right edge

Align Bottom

All selected annotation are aligned based on the bottom edge

Align Top

All selected annotation are aligned based on the top edge

Align Vertical

Lines up the annotation in the direction of the Y axis, moving along the axis as their centers are aligned

Align Horizontal

Lines up the annotation in the direction of the X axis, moving along the axis as their centers are aligned

Space Horizontally

All selected annotation are spaced horizontally based on the size of the annotation

Space Vertically

All selected annotation are spaced vertically based on the size of the annotation

Same Width

Resizes all selected annotation to an average width

Same Height

Resizes all selected annotation to an average height

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Same Size

Resizes all selected annotation to an average width and height, making them the same size

Mirror Horizontally

Selected annotation are mirrored horizontally

Mirror Vertically

Selected annotation are mirrored vertically

Annotation to be Aligned

After selecting annotation to align, choose one of the following buttons from the align toolbar:

Align Right or Left

Aligned Left

Align Top or Bottom

Aligned Bottom

Align Vertical or Horizontal

 

The annotation are not aligned TO the axis, they move along the corresponding axis as the centers are aligned.

Align Horizontally Align Vertically
          

Aligned Vertically

Aligned Horizontally

Space Horizontally or Vertically

The space command tool allows you to organize and evenly space groups of annotation. Access this command from the User Interface and select Annotation from the menu bar.

After selecting annotation to align, choose one of the following techniques for spacing:

Same Width, Height, Size

When accomplishing this task, all annotation selected will take on the height and/or width of the annotation selected last.

After selecting all of the annotation you want the same size (see Selecting annotation for help on selecting more than one annotation at a time), right click on the selected annotation and select Size from the menu. Sizing is based on the last selected annotation.

Select one of the following:

Same Size - Makes both the height and width of all selected annotation the same.

Same Width - Makes the width of the selected annotation the same.

Same Height - Makes the height of the selected annotation the same.

Mirror Horizontally or Vertically

The mirror tools allow you to mirror the position of two or more annotation.

Mirrored Horizontally

Before Horizontal Mirror

After Horizontal Mirror

Mirrored Vertically

Before Vertical Mirror

After Vertical Mirror

Right Click Align Menu

The align options can also be accessed by right clicking on the annotation and selecting Align from the menu.

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