Aligning and distributing layout cells
You can align, distribute, and resize layout cells with respect to each other using the commands in the Layout menu on the shortcut menu.
To align two or more layout cells with each other
- Right-click each cell’s border while holding down the Shift key.
- Click Layout and then select the command.
The cells will be aligned with respect to the last selected cell.
Depending on the arrangement of the selected cells, not all of the alignment commands may be available. Since layout cells cannot overlap, only those alignment commands that would not result in overlapping cells are available at any given time.
To evenly distribute three or more layout cells
- Select the cells by clicking each cell’s border while holding down the Shift key.
- Rigt-click, point to Layout, and then click Space Across or Space Down.
If the Space Across or Space Down command is not available even though three or more layout cells are selected, there may not be enough space to distribute the cells. In the example below, the cells cannot be distributed horizontally because there is not enough space between Cell 1 and Cell 3 for Cell 2. Similarly, they canot be distributed vertically because there is not enough space for Cell 3 between the other two cells.
Example of undistributable cells
To make two or more layout cells the same size
- Select the cells by clicking each cell’s border while holding down the Shift key.
- Rigt-click, point to Layout, and then click Make Same Width, Make Same Height, Make Same Size.
The cells will be resized to the same size as the last selected cell. Cells are never moved automatically, so if there is not enough space to resize all selected cells, some or all of the resize commands will be unavailable.