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ALIGN TOOL DOESN'T WORK

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Dear All,

I have an issue to use the align tool, for alignment the object to center of the art-board as per attach screenshot.

Please advise to fix it.

Thanks & B/regards,

Monika GauseCorrect answer

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Please read the documentation: How to move, align, and distribute objects in Illustrator

Align to artboard is an option in the panel. You need to show the options.

Monika Gause

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@Corey33314907db3s schrieb:

not useful

Exactly what does not work?

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Awais23933490h7ck

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Dear also this fault happened to me but I correct this and now my align tool is working properly. You only have to select align the tool and at the very bottom right corner select "Align To Artboard" and then enjoy

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joshua.theisen

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The link from Monika Gause is from 2017, and the suggested operations don't work for me. When I use "Align to Selection" or "Align to Key Object", nothing happens. Only "Align to Artboard" works. Is there an updated version of the tutorial? Thanks

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Monika Gause

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Please describe step by step what you are doing and show screenshots.

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dsart1

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I have a similar issue. Suddenly my "align to selection" option won't toggle on from the "align to artboard". It isn't grayed out so it looks like I should be able to select "align to selection". But it just doesn't do anything. Hoping for some suggestions. Thanks!

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Engraver

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This thread is from 2018 where Adobe Broke the Align Tool.

GOOD LUCK finding a solution.

Adobe will soon break whatever that solution is.

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dsart1

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well, it just fixed itself...until next time. Go figure.

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Vertium

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After selecting the items you wish to align or distribute, make sure your alignment choice is set to "Align to Selection".

When they updated the software recently, the default was reset to "Align to Key Object" (for whatever reason - it really ticks me off when Adobe resets all the customizations with each release).

If yours got reset and you haven't changed it, that's probably what's causing the problem.

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Omegaman22

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Great! Thanks, Vertium, you're a star.

It appears mine was set to "Align to Key Object" in the previous upgrade (prior to 24.2.1). I've changed it as you suggested and it works fine now.

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Engraver

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I'm use to Align to Artboard as a Default setting. Even if I selected a few items, selected a KEY item to align. The Setting would go back to Artboard. With 24.2 update, the last used align to: becomes the default. By definition, Default would be a fixed setting, not constantly changing as 24.2 seems to do now. Once in align to Key mode, selecting several items will automatically guess a key item.

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jsavage77

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I've noticed this too. It's very very annoying. Adobe, please fix the default behavior of the alignment tools.

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handjojot17224968Author

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Thanks Monika for your advice, I forgot to select the option to center to artboard instead of the default center to selection, now the tools working well.

B/regards,

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