<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">A selected object is aligned to the left margin. Multiple objects will be aligned to the object furthest left.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">If the object is anchored to a page, paragraph, character or border, it is aligned left relative to the reference element. This function is not available for character anchoring.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="bezugselement" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:switch select="Program"><help:case select="WRITER">For example, the reference element can be a paragraph or an entire page. It is set on the <help:link Id="67696"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Type</span></help:link> tab.</help:case></help:switch></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">When several elements are selected (e.g. drawing elements, controls), they are aligned with the leftmost object.<help:to-be-embedded Eid="mehrfachselektion" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> This relative alignment occurs only with multiple selections, not when the elements are grouped. Grouped elements behave like a single object during alignment.</help:to-be-embedded></p>