WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:15.730 Pictures, text boxes, and shapes are all considered objects in Word. 00:00:15.730 --> 00:00:19.180 Sometimes you need a little help arranging these objects to get your document to look 00:00:19.180 --> 00:00:21.550 the way you want. 00:00:21.550 --> 00:00:24.230 Take these four text boxes for example. 00:00:24.230 --> 00:00:27.890 Right now, they're all placed kind of randomly on the page, but I'd rather have them lined 00:00:27.890 --> 00:00:29.390 up in a row. 00:00:29.390 --> 00:00:34.810 Of course, I could try to line them up manually—or I could get Word to do it for me. 00:00:34.810 --> 00:00:38.680 The first thing you'll need to do is select the objects you want to align. 00:00:38.680 --> 00:00:43.010 To select them all at once, just hold Shift on your keyboard while you click. 00:00:43.010 --> 00:00:51.110 Now we can navigate to the Format tab... and click the Align command. 00:00:51.110 --> 00:00:55.250 You'll have several different options to choose from, ranging from vertical to horizontal 00:00:55.250 --> 00:00:56.380 alignment. 00:00:56.380 --> 00:01:00.790 You can also choose whether to align the objects to the page, to the margin, or to each other 00:01:00.790 --> 00:01:02.700 (which is the default setting). 00:01:02.700 --> 00:01:08.889 This time, I'm going to go with Align Right... and now the objects are aligned to each other 00:01:08.889 --> 00:01:11.579 along the right edge. 00:01:11.579 --> 00:01:15.170 There's another thing I'd like to change that can be done just as easily. 00:01:15.170 --> 00:01:19.139 Notice how the shapes are lined up, but they're not quite evenly spaced? 00:01:19.139 --> 00:01:26.219 To fix that, go to the Align command again... then choose Distribute Vertically. 00:01:26.219 --> 00:01:28.209 Perfect! 00:01:28.209 --> 00:01:32.159 Now that I have these objects arranged the way I want, I'm going to group them, so they 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.219 always stay together. 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:38.859 Just make sure you have each of your objects selected, then click the Group command... 00:01:38.859 --> 00:01:41.469 and choose Group. 00:01:41.469 --> 00:01:46.259 Now we have a single grouped object that we can move or resize any way we want. 00:01:46.259 --> 00:01:50.459 See how it works? 00:01:50.459 --> 00:01:54.399 Let's take a look at a few more techniques. 00:01:54.399 --> 00:01:58.439 I've gone ahead and added the picture I want to use as part of my background. 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:02.780 I've also changed the text wrapping setting to In Front of Text to make it easier to move 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:06.960 the picture around the page. 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:10.950 The problem is that it's overlapping the rest of the objects in the document, to the point 00:02:10.950 --> 00:02:13.019 where we can't even see them. 00:02:13.019 --> 00:02:18.110 This can happen any time you have multiple objects, depending on the order they're in. 00:02:18.110 --> 00:02:23.540 To change the order of an object, make sure it's selected, then go to the Format tab. 00:02:23.540 --> 00:02:28.459 You have two commands to choose from: Bring Forward, or Send Backward, depending on what 00:02:28.459 --> 00:02:30.069 you need. 00:02:30.069 --> 00:02:35.239 If I click Send Backward... the image moves back only one level—basically behind the 00:02:35.239 --> 00:02:39.379 business name; the text boxes on the right are still obscured. 00:02:39.379 --> 00:02:44.930 If we click the drop-down arrow instead... we can choose Send to Back... and that takes 00:02:44.930 --> 00:02:46.969 care of it. 00:02:46.969 --> 00:02:52.260 The last thing I'd like to do is rotate or "flip" the picture, so it appears in reverse. 00:02:52.260 --> 00:02:58.690 To do this, click the Rotate command... then choose Flip Horizontal. 00:02:58.690 --> 00:03:03.769 Now we can see the bubbles that were hidden behind the text boxes on the right. 00:03:03.769 --> 00:03:07.870 At this point, everything is perfectly aligned, and arranged in the right order, so I'm happy 00:03:07.870 --> 00:03:09.549 with my document. 00:03:09.549 --> 00:03:12.969 Practice using these tools on your own, and you'll be able to work with objects in all 00:03:12.969 --> 00:03:14.180 kinds of situations.