Sorry that you were not able to enter numbers. Let's give it another try. Find the Align panel. As i mentioned, if you don't see the horizontal distribute area at the bottom of the Align panel, you'll need to choose Show Options from the flyout menu in the upper right of the Align panel (looks like little lines). Press on those little lines to see the panel commands, and choose Show Options. When the options are showing, the panel should look like this: Select both rectangles with the black Selection tool. With both rectangles still selected, click once on one of the rectangles. The rectangles should look similar to this -- both selected and the one you clicked on in step 6 should have a heavy outline. Do not deselect the rectangles. In the Align panel click on the Horizontal Distribute icon. That is the one at the bottom of the panel that looks like this: At the bottom of the Align panel, type the distance you want between the rectangles. In your case that would be -0.5 in (minus zero point 5 inches). Then click the Horizontal Align icon at the bottom of the Align panel. It looks like this: Let me know if this works for you or if you have further questions.
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