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- In this chapter, we'll

take a look at a few ways



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to align and distribute objects.



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To align objects is to arrange them



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into even rows or columns.



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To distribute objects

is to space them apart



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equal distance from each other.



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Illustrator handles both

operations in very much



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the same way as other

graphics and design programs



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with two important exceptions.



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One, if you want to align

one object to some others



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without that first object moving.



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You need to make it a key object



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by clicking on it a second time.



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And two, you can distribute

objects by a specified



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amount of space which changes



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the positions of all selected objects.



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Over the course of these movies,



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we'll take this wildly

disorganized collection of objects



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and turn them into this

structured file right here



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and in the end, we'll add these

extruded edges to the boxes



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as well as these credible cash shadows.



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Who would think align and

distribute could be so cool?



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You would, by the end of this chapter.