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To re-arrange the stacking order of a selected object, proceed as follows.</paragraph> 42<list type="ordered"> 43<listitem> 44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107D5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph> 45</listitem> 46<listitem> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item> to bring up the context menu and choose one of the arrange options:</paragraph> 48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107E6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 49<emph>Bring to Front</emph> places the object on top of all other objects</paragraph> 50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107EC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 51<emph>Bring Forward</emph> places the object one place forward in the stack of objects</paragraph> 52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 53<emph>Send Backward</emph> places the object one place back in the stack of objects</paragraph> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 55<emph>Send to Back</emph> places the object behind all other objects</paragraph> 56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107FE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 57<emph>Behind Object</emph> places the object behind another object that you select</paragraph> 58</listitem> 59</list> 60<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155766" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Arranging an Object Behind Another Object</paragraph> 61<list type="ordered"> 62<listitem> 63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10811" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph> 64</listitem> 65<listitem> 66<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item> to open the context menu and choose <emph>Behind Object</emph>. The mouse pointer changes to a hand.</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68<listitem> 69<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Click the object behind which you want to place the selected object.</paragraph> 70</listitem> 71</list> 72<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145789" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Reversing The Stacking Order of Two Objects</paragraph> 73<list type="ordered"> 74<listitem> 75<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Shift-click both objects to select them.</paragraph> 76</listitem> 77<listitem> 78<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item> to open the context menu and choose <emph>Reverse</emph>.</paragraph> 79</listitem> 80</list> 81<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166425" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Aligning Objects</paragraph> 82<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152994" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">The <emph>Alignment</emph> function enables you to align objects relative to each other or relative to the page.</paragraph> 83<list type="ordered"> 84<listitem> 85<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108A3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select an object to align it to the page or select multiple objects to align them relative to each other.</paragraph> 86</listitem> 87<listitem> 88<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108A7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Alignment</item> and select one of the alignment options.</paragraph> 89</listitem> 90</list> 91<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN108AE" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Distributing Objects</paragraph> 92<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151390" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If you select three or more objects in Draw, you can also use the <link href="text/shared/01/05360000.xhp" name="Distribution"><emph>Distribution</emph></link> command to distribute the vertical and horizontal spacing evenly between the objects.</paragraph> 93<list type="ordered"> 94<listitem> 95<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108CE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select three or more objects to be distributed.</paragraph> 96</listitem> 97<listitem> 98<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108D2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Distribution</item>.</paragraph> 99</listitem> 100<listitem> 101<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108DA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the horizontal and vertical distribution option and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 102</listitem> 103</list> 104<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150535" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Selected objects are distributed evenly along the horizontal or vertical axis. The two outermost objects are used as reference points and do not move when the <emph>Distribution</emph> command is applied.</paragraph> 105<section id="relatedtopics"> 106<embed href="text/simpress/guide/move_object.xhp#move_object"/> 107</section> 108</body> 109</helpdocument> 110