How to make spacing equal between boxes

Forum|Forum|15 years ago
May 5, 2010
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CS4. I have 4 event tickets I want evenly spaced. I put the left one where I want it, the right one where I want it. I select all and none of the alignment options at the top of the screen shot are doing anything. They align on top of each other to the left, right or center but not equidistant which is what I'm trying to do. Is there a button or setting I'm missing? Thanks.

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Peter Spier

Community Expert

And you can't distribute spacing for four objects grouped as a square in a single operation.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Sorry, hit a wrong key and it posted before I was done. In CS4 it's probably faster to use the smart guides than to use the align panel.

Mr. MetAuthor

Inspiring

Found it. It's a sub menu of Objects and Layout. Dumb ass place for it.

FivePicaPica

Inspiring

You likely have "use spacing" checked on the Align panel. It happens to me all the time.

Mr. MetAuthor

Inspiring

Where might I find this alignment panel?

This is what I see.

And in the window menu, there is no ALIGNMENT option

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Mr. Met wrote:
Where might I find this alignment panel?

Window > Object and Layout > Align or Shift + F7

allisonblake

Known Participant

In the alignment panel, make sure you Show Options to see the full panel.

Distribute Spacing is at the bottom of the panel. Click the vertical or horizontal distribute buttons to auto distribute or check "Use spacing" and put in a value to give an exact amount of spacing around each item.

Edit: I have CS3 but I think the procedure is the same or very similar in CS4.

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