<p class="Paragraph">Use this function to align objects.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">The alignment options depend on the type of object and its anchoring. It also makes a difference if a multiple selection has been carried out or not. Therefore, several selected drawing elements or several control fields will be aligned relatively to one another if they are anchored to the page or paragraph but not to a character.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">For drawing elements and control fields, you can find</help:case><help:default>you can find</help:default></help:switch> the<help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="DRAW"> </help:case><help:case select="IMPRESS"> </help:case><help:case select="WRITER"/></help:switch> <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"> <help:key-word value="Alignment icon" tag="kw65874_1"/><span class="T1"> Alignment icon</span></help:case><help:default><help:key-word value="Align icon you can use to create or detach a" tag="kw65874_2"/>Align icon<span class="T1"> you can use to create or detach a</span></help:default></help:switch> window. This window has icons for each of the alignment functions described here.</p>