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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149656" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="align_arrange"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/align_arrange.xhp">Arranging, Aligning and Distributing Objects</link>
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<h2 id="hd_id3125863">Arranging Objects</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153727" xml-lang="en-US">Each object that you place in your document is successively stacked on the preceding object. To re-arrange the stacking order of a selected object, proceed as follows.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107D5" xml-lang="en-US">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Arrange</item> to bring up the context menu and choose one of the arrange options:</paragraph>
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<emph>Bring to Front</emph> places the object on top of all other objects</paragraph>
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<emph>Bring Forward</emph> places the object one place forward in the stack of objects</paragraph>
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<emph>Send Backward</emph> places the object one place back in the stack of objects</paragraph>
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<emph>Send to Back</emph> places the object behind all other objects</paragraph>
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<emph>Behind Object</emph> places the object behind another object that you select</paragraph>
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<h3 id="hd_id3155766">Arranging an Object Behind Another Object</h3>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10811" xml-lang="en-US">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154253" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Arrange</item> to open the context menu and choose <emph>Behind Object</emph>. The mouse pointer changes to a hand.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149126" xml-lang="en-US">Click the object behind which you want to place the selected object.</paragraph>
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<h3 id="hd_id3145789">Reversing The Stacking Order of Two Objects</h3>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US">Shift-click both objects to select them.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155114" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Arrange</item> to open the context menu and choose <emph>Reverse</emph>.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3166425">Aligning Objects</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152994" xml-lang="en-US">The <emph>Alignment</emph> function enables you to align objects relative to each other or relative to the page.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108A3" xml-lang="en-US">Select an object to align it to the page or select multiple objects to align them relative to each other.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108A7" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Align Objects</item> and select one of the alignment options.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="par_idN108AE">Distributing Objects</h2>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151390" xml-lang="en-US">If you select three or more objects in Draw, you can also use the <link href="text/shared/01/05360000.xhp"><emph>Distribute selection</emph></link> command to distribute the vertical and horizontal spacing evenly between the objects.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108CE" xml-lang="en-US">Select three or more objects to be distributed.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108D2" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Shape - Distribution</item>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108DA" xml-lang="en-US">Select the horizontal and vertical distribution option and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150535" xml-lang="en-US">Selected objects are distributed evenly along the horizontal or vertical axis. The two outermost objects are used as reference points and do not move when the <emph>Distribution</emph> command is applied.</paragraph>
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