Aligning Page Layout Frames

The Page Layout Editor contains various tools to help you easily keep your frames aligned with each other on a page. For example, after adding a decoration frame to a page, you might want to make sure that its left border is aligned with the left borders of the header and footer frames on the page. This feature is not available for body frames. There are two ways to align frames: (1) in relation to one of the other frames, or (2) on the canvas.

How to Align Frames in Relation to One of the Other Frames

1. Open a page in a page layout.
2. Select the frame on which you want to base the alignment of the other frames.

3. Hold down the CTRL key and click the other frames whose alignment you want to set.

   The handles (small circles) around the edge of the first frame are orange, while the handles around the edge of the other frames are white. This tells you that the frames with the white handles will be changed to match the alignment of the frame with the orange handles.

4. In the local toolbar, click .

5. Select Make Same. Then select one of the following options.

   • Same Left Horizontally aligns the frames so the left border is at the same location.
   • Same Right Horizontally aligns the frames so the right border is at the same location.
   • Same Top Vertically aligns the frames so the top border is at the same location.
   • Same Bottom Vertically aligns the frames so the bottom border is at the same location.
   • Same Width Resizes the width of the selected frames so that they are all the same. The resizing is based on the width of the first frame that you select.
   • Same Height Resizes the height of the selected frames so that they are all the same. The resizing is based on the height of the first frame that you select.
   • Same Size Resizes the width and height of the selected frames so that they are all the same. The resizing is based on the width and height of the first frame that you select.
   • Same Center Vertically aligns the selected frames so that the center of each is at the same location. The alignment is based on the center of the first frame that you select.
   • Same Middle Horizontally aligns the selected frames so that the middle of each is at the same location. The alignment is based on the middle of the first frame that you select.
6. Click to save your work.

How to Align Frames on the Canvas

1. Open a page in a page layout.
2. Click on the frame(s) that you want to align on the canvas. To select multiple frames, hold down the CTRL key and click the frames.
3. In the local toolbar, click .

4. Select Align on Canvas. Then select one of the following options.

   • Center on Canvas Centers the selected frame(s) both vertically and horizontally on the canvas.
   • Vertically Center on Canvas Centers the selected frame(s) vertically on the canvas.
   • Horizontally Center on Canvas Centers the selected frame(s) horizontally on the canvas.
5. Click to save your work.

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