Align and Distribute

Quickly align or evenly distribute multiple content items along a given axis on the canvas to format the layout in a uniform way.

Access the Alignment tools from the ribbon to position elements on the canvas. Users can align elements:

  • Vertically - left, center, right
  • Horizontally - top, middle, bottom

Note: Align and Distribute tools are not available on a presentation with a Tiled layout.

Align

Alignment tools are accessible from both the ribbon (see image above) and the content item context menu (see image below).

Align selected content items along a given axis:

  • Align Left: align selected content items along their left edges, in alignment with the left edge of the left-most selected item.
  • Align Center: vertically align selected content items through their centers.
  • Align Right: align selected content items along their right edges, in alignment with the left edge of the right-most selected item.
  • Align Top: align selected content items along their top edges, in alignment with the left edge of the top-most selected item.
  • Align Middle: horizontally align selected content items through their middles.
  • Align Bottom: align selected content items along their bottom edges, in alignment with the left edge of the bottom-most selected item.

Align Content Items

To Align content items:

  1. Select at least two content items on the canvas.
  2. Right-click the selected elements.
  3. From the context menu, select Alignment, and choose the alignment type that is needed.

Alternatively, select the elements and then open the Alignment drop-down menu from the ribbon to select the required alignment.

Distribute

The Distribute command allows users to evenly distribute multiple elements horizontally or vertically, based on the left-most and right-most or the topmost and bottom-most selected content items.

Users can distribute the elements either horizontally or vertically.

  • Distribute Horizontally: evenly distribute selected content items horizontally.
  • Distribute Vertically: evenly distribute selected content items vertically.

The Distribution tools are available from the context menu when at least 3 content items are selected simultaneously.

Distribute Content Items

To Distribute content items:

  1. Select at least three content items on the canvas.
  2. Right-click the selected elements.
  3. From the context menu, select Distribute, and choose the distribution type that is needed.