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Align Tool (how to auto distribute)?

Jan 2, 2010 8:02 AM

The (auto) function of distribute has been removed from Illustrator; yet it remains in Indesign CS4 and there seems to be no way to set a reference object in Flash. I wish they would be consistent across CS4, if the idea is to increase producivity and reduce the learning curve.

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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    1. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Jan 3, 2010 12:26 AM   in reply to hotstepper305
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    You have to explain this better or it seems to me that you are missing the options available to you in AI like align to selection, align to artboard and align to key object.

     

    If you  use align to key object you have a specified distance available other wise it is automatic as far as I can tell.

     
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    2. hotstepper305,
    Jan 3, 2010 10:26 AM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    Untitled-1.jpg

    Here is a screen shot of the Align Tool for Illustrator, InDesign and Flash, there is no consistency in use or function.

    It used to be I could select a collection of objects and distribute them between the end objects simply by selecting (e.g. the red and magenta objects) and the others would be spaced equidistant between.

    For alignment Flash does not seem to even have a way to set the reference object.

     
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    3. Jacob Bugge,
    Jan 3, 2010 11:33 AM   in reply to hotstepper305
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    hotstepper,

     

    I am still with 10, so I could not say what it should look like in CS4, but missing options may be caused by preference corruption. If that is the case, you may try to Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cma+Option+Shift during startup or to Move the folder with Illy closed.

     
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    4. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Jan 3, 2010 12:27 PM   in reply to hotstepper305
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    What are you talking about it works that way as I am telling you you simply have more options.

     

    You choose align to selection then distribute to the way you want this is horizontal

     

    Screen shot 2010-01-03 at 3.19.34 PM.png

     

    Screen shot 2010-01-03 at 3.19.50 PM.png

     

    This is horizontal and vertical

     

    Screen shot 2010-01-03 at 3.26.10 PM.png

     

    I am not quite sure I undersand the problem if this does not solve it?

     
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    5. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Jan 3, 2010 12:42 PM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    ID is structured differently than AI and therefore the option are different.

     

    Perhaps by looking at the options you can see the difference needs of the users.

     

    Does this make sense to you?

     

    Screen shot 2010-01-03 at 3.39.38 PM.png

     
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