Placing vertical lines evenly spaced?

[StanWelks]

In CS5, I have a rectangle and want to place 2 or 3 vertical lines on the right side of it to divide some icons that will be placed within each of the areas divided by the vertical lines. What is the best way to ensure that the lines are evenly spaced within that area?

Thanks.

[Mike_Gondek]

Select all your vertical lines

Align Palette >> Distribute evenly

[StanWelks]

It didn't seem to work for me. Here is what I am trying to do, I have the two icons on the right side, and I want to divide the space evenly for both icons, though have it set to large enough so it fits the icons.

Thanks!

[Monika Gause]

Don't forget that Illustrator can only calculate this based on the dimensions of the bounding box. This hasn't too much to do with the optical alignment the takes into account space that derives from the objects' individual form. If there's lot of white space on one side of an object, it will look as if the space is not evenly distributed although from the math perspective it is.

[Mike_Gondek]

1. Turn on view >>smart Guides (so a checkmark is in front of it)
2. Turn on view >> snap to point
3. Zoom in close, so you can watch as your cursor changes in the next step
4. Select  one of your small vertical lines and  option drag and drop a copy to the right end of the blue gradient
5. Select the the 3 vertical lines
6. Click on distribute as in the first example (your 2 small boxes in the gradient are now the same exact width)
7. Delete the 3rd line I had you create (it was just used as a tool to help the align palette distribute the space evenly)
8. Center your 2 white icons in the space