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Aligning and distributing items on the canvas

Renée Meloche
Renée Meloche
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Available on the following Venngage subscription plans: Free, Premium, Business and Enterprise.

Use the Alignment and Distribution tools in our upgraded Editor to easily move different elements into line all at once. 

Automatically align elements

Select one or more elements on the design canvas, and select (Tab + Spacebar) or click the "Align" tool widget in the top toolbar. Select a single element to align it to the position on the canvas, or multiple elements to align them on the canvas relative to each other.

Under "Align", click one of the options to move the element(s) into place on the canvas.

A template open in the upgraded Venngage Editor shows a simple design divided into six panels, alternating black and white photos and white text over a black background. A user clicks on the top text box, between two black and white photographs. With the text box selected, the Align tool becomes available in the top toolbar. The user clicks the Align button in the top toolbar to open the widget, which expands to show two sections divided by headings: Align and Distribute. The user clicks on 'Top' under the Align heading, and the text box jumps from its position in the center of the black square to the top of the square. The user then hits 'undo', returning the text box to its starting position in the center of the black square. The user selects the text box in the top square, and a second text box in the lower-right black square. The user then clicks the Align button in the top toolbar again. The user clicks 'Top' under the Align heading, and both text boxes jump into position toward the top of the canvas. 

You can align element(s) to the Top, Middle, Bottom, Left, Center or Right of the canvas. NOTE: Middle will align the element(s) with the exact middle point (horizontal and vertical) of the canvas; Center will align the element(s) with the vertical center of the canvas (Y-axis). 

Automatically distribute elements

Select two or more elements on the design canvas, and select (Tab + Spacebar) or click the "Align" tool widget in the top toolbar. 

Select or click an option under "Distribute" to distribute the elements over a proportionate area either Vertically or Horizontally on the canvas. 

A template open in the upgraded Venngage Editor shows a simple design divided into six panels, alternating black and white photos and white text over a black background. A user clicks on the top text box, between two black and white photographs, then on the other two text boxes in the lower left and lower right panels. With the text boxes selected, the Align tool becomes available in the top toolbar. The user clicks the Align button in the top toolbar to open the widget, which expands to show two sections divided by headings: Align and Distribute. The user clicks on 'Horizontally' under the Distribute heading, and the top text box is automatically aligned with the other two text boxes (moving from its position halfway between the top black square and the photo in the top-right corner of the design to the center of the black square at the top of the design). The user then clicks the Align button again and clicks 'Horizontally' under the heading 'Distribute', which moves the text box in the bottom-left corner of the design to a position partway between the top text box and the corner-right text box. 

 

You can also use the Grid tool to arrange elements on the canvas with more precision, and use the automatic alignment guide lines to make sure design elements line up correctly!

 

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