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To re-arrange the stacking order of a selected object, proceed as follows.</paragraph> 41<list type="ordered"> 42<listitem> 43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107D5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph> 44</listitem> 45<listitem> 46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="78">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item> to bring up the context menu and choose one of the arrange options:</paragraph> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107E6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 48<emph>Bring to Front</emph> places the object on top of all other objects</paragraph> 49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107EC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 50<emph>Bring Forward</emph> places the object one place forward in the stack of objects</paragraph> 51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 52<emph>Send Backward</emph> places the object one place back in the stack of objects</paragraph> 53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 54<emph>Send to Back</emph> places the object behind all other objects</paragraph> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107FE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 56<emph>Behind Object</emph> places the object behind another object that you select</paragraph> 57</listitem> 58</list> 59<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155766" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="79">Arranging an Object Behind Another Object</paragraph> 60<list type="ordered"> 61<listitem> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10811" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click the object whose position you want to change.</paragraph> 63</listitem> 64<listitem> 65<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="80">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> 66</listitem> 67<listitem> 68<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="81">Click the object behind which you want to place the selected object.</paragraph> 69</listitem> 70</list> 71<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145789" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="20">Reversing The Stacking Order of Two Objects</paragraph> 72<list type="ordered"> 73<listitem> 74<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="83">Shift-click both objects to select them.</paragraph> 75</listitem> 76<listitem> 77<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="84">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Arrange</item> to open the context menu and choose <emph>Reverse</emph>.</paragraph> 78</listitem> 79</list> 80<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3166425" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="21">Aligning Objects</paragraph> 81<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152994" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="22">The <emph>Alignment</emph> function enables you to align objects relative to each other or relative to the page.</paragraph> 82<list type="ordered"> 83<listitem> 84<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> 85</listitem> 86<listitem> 87<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> 88</listitem> 89</list> 90<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN108AE" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Distributing Objects</paragraph> 91<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151390" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="71">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> 92<list type="ordered"> 93<listitem> 94<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108CE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select three or more objects to be distributed.</paragraph> 95</listitem> 96<listitem> 97<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108D2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Modify - Distribution</item>.</paragraph> 98</listitem> 99<listitem> 100<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> 101</listitem> 102</list> 103<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150535" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="72">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> 104<section id="relatedtopics"> 105<embed href="text/simpress/guide/move_object.xhp#move_object"/> 106</section> 107</body> 108</helpdocument> 109