Full Version: Centering items

From: Mike (MIKEN) [#5]
 27 Aug 2006
To: Josh (WIZURD) [#4] 28 Aug 2006

How about if you begin with the 3 lines of text being one object then use the text tools to center. If you have to break apart use "control K".

From: Pedaler (ROYBREWER) [#6]
 28 Aug 2006
To: Josh (WIZURD) [#1] 28 Aug 2006

Josh,

If I'm following you, that's what Distribute does.
---Select all three text objects
---Arrange>Align & Distribute>Align & Distribute
---then the Distribute tab from the dialog
---check the Extent of selection radio button
---check the center horizontal button(top row)

the middle object will be centered between the unmoved left & right objects.

Is that what you mean?

One version of Corel had a hot key for this, but I don't think that has been carried over to newer versions of Corel(?).

From: Josh (WIZURD) [#7]
 28 Aug 2006
To: ALL

That's what I need. Distribute to the center on the left. The short-cut to distribute would be to use the shift key plus the other normal key, i.e. center veritcally would be shift + E or horizontally, shift + C. There is a map of the shortcut keys by

To print keyboard shortcuts
1. Click Tools Customization.

2. In the Customization list of categories, click Commands.

3. Click the Shortcut keys tab.

4. Click View all.

5. Click Print.


From: aallen [#8]
 31 Aug 2006
To: Josh (WIZURD) [#7] 5 Sep 2006

Josh,

Thanks, I always wondered where those short cuts are listed, now I know! I printed them off, now I can figure out the ones I use all the time! :-) 

Thanks

Aleta


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