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To re-arrange the stacking order of a selected object, proceed as follows.</paragraph> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107D5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 47*1daf95a1Smseidel<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> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107E6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Bring to Front</emph> places the object on top of all other objects</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107EC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Bring Forward</emph> places the object one place forward in the stack of objects</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Send Backward</emph> places the object one place back in the stack of objects</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Send to Back</emph> places the object behind all other objects</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107FE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Behind Object</emph> places the object behind another object that you select</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 60*1daf95a1Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155766" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Arranging an Object Behind Another Object</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10811" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 66*1daf95a1Smseidel<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> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 69*1daf95a1Smseidel<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> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 72*1daf95a1Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145789" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Reversing The Stacking Order of Two Objects</paragraph> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 75*1daf95a1Smseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Shift-click both objects to select them.</paragraph> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 78*1daf95a1Smseidel<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> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 81*1daf95a1Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166425" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Aligning Objects</paragraph> 82*1daf95a1Smseidel<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> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN108AE" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Distributing Objects</paragraph> 92*1daf95a1Smseidel<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> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108CE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select three or more objects to be distributed.</paragraph> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108D2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Distribution</item>.</paragraph> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 104*1daf95a1Smseidel<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> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/simpress/guide/move_object.xhp#move_object"/> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 110