Aligning and Grouping Drawing Objects

One important design element is ensuring any objects that you add to your worksheets are aligned properly, both in relation to the edges of the worksheet and any other objects. If you want a number of your objects to be lined up with each other, such as aligning all objects with the left edge of the page, you can do so. In a similar manner, if you want to work with a set of objects as a single unit, such as three text boxes you want to appear together, regardless of position, you can define the objects as a group and work with them as a single entity.

Align Objects

  1. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the objects you want to align.

  2. If necessary, click the Format tab.

  3. Click Align.

  4. Click how you want to align your objects.

    Align Objects

Group or Ungroup Objects

  1. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the objects you want to group.

  2. If necessary, click the Format tab.

  3. Click the Group button.

  4. Click the Group menu item.

    Group or Ungroup Objects

    Tip

    Tip

    Right-click any object in the group you want to ungroup and click Group, Ungroup. If you have many objects grouped together and ungroup them, you may want to regroup them in the same way. You can do this quickly and easily by right-clicking one of the objects you want to regroup, clicking Group, and clicking Regroup.

Change the Order of Objects

  1. Click the object you want to move.

  2. If necessary, click the Format tab.

  3. Follow either of these steps:

    • Click the Bring To Front down arrow and then select whether to bring the object to the front of the stack or to move it up one place.

    • Click the Send To Back down arrow and then select whether to send the object to the back of the stack or to move it back one place.

    Change the Order of Objects

    Tip

    Tip

    If you want to apply a format to more than one object, you can group the objects and apply the formatting to all objects at once!

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