Aligning Shapes to Each Other

Just as you can align shapes to guides and grid lines, you can align them to each other. In fact, Visio makes it easy to align shapes to other shapes automatically along their tops, bottoms, sides, or middles. You can also distribute shapes so that they’re equidistant from each other.

Adjusting Shape Alignment

With the Align Shapes options, you can align shapes along their bottom edges, top edges, center points, right edges, or left edges. If you display the Action toolbar (choose View, Toolbars, Action), you can quickly change shape alignment with the Align Shapes button, which includes the drop-down options shown in Figure 16-27.

Figure 16-27. You can display the Action toolbar to provide quick access to alignment ...

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