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Home > Products > PowerPoint > PowerPoint 2003 Help and How-to > Working with Graphics and Charts > Shapes, Pictures, and Drawing Objects > Aligning and Arranging Objects

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About aligning and arranging objects

Applies to: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

You can align objects several ways with Microsoft PowerPoint:

With other objects, such as when you align the sides, middles, or top or bottom edges of objects.

Align sides, middles, or edges

In relation to the entire slide— for example, at the top or left edge of a slide.

Align in relation to the slide

By using guides (guides: Nonprinting straight lines, both horizontal and vertical, used to visually align objects.) to align them visually.

Align to guide

By using the grid (grid: A set of intersecting lines used to align objects.) to align them with a corner of the grid as you draw or move the objects.

Align to grid

By distributing objects so they are equal distances from each other— either vertically or horizontally, or in relation to the entire slide.

Distribute evenly