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   <Header>
      <Title>The alignment toolbar</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2277302">
         <Level1>Dynamic Enterprise Modeler</Level1>
         <Level2>alignment toolbar</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2277307">
         <Level1>Alignment toolbar</Level1>
         <Level2>Dynamic Enterprise Modeler</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Most of the toolbar buttons in the next table work on a
		selection of multiple graphical objects.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To select one or more graphical objects, complete the
		  following steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Click the graphical object you want to select. To select more
		  than one graphical object, hold the <Emphasis>SHIFT</Emphasis> key and click
		  the objects.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Fit the graphical objects in the rectangle, which you can draw
		  by moving the mouse, while you hold down the mouse button.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The first selection is the reference used in case of an
		alignment. The first selection is highlighted; the second and consecutive
		selections are not highlighted.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can change the attributes that multiple selected graphical
		  objects have in common simultaneously.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <TABLE width="100%" border="1" space-and-orientation="indented-custom"
             borderstyle="default">
         <THEAD noTR="1">
            <TR no="1" isLast="true">
               <TD colspan="3" width="1020" rowspan="1">The alignment toolbar</TD>
            </TR>
         </THEAD>
         <TBODY noTR="16">
            <TR no="1" isLast="false">
               <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Button</TH>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Menu command</TH>
               <TH width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Description</TH>
            </TR>
            <TR no="2" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="45" height="42"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_h_align_top.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Align, Align Top</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects will align <Emphasis>horizontally</Emphasis>, relative to the <Emphasis>top</Emphasis> of
				the first selected graphical object.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="3" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="44" height="41"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_h_align_middle.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Align, Align Middle</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects will align <Emphasis>horizontally</Emphasis>, relative to the <Emphasis>middle</Emphasis> of the first selected graphical object.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="4" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="43" height="42"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_h_align_bottom.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Align, Align bottom</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects will align <Emphasis>horizontally</Emphasis>, relative to the <Emphasis>bottom</Emphasis> of the first selected graphical object.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="5" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="47" height="41"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_align_left.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Align, Align Left</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects will align <Emphasis>vertically</Emphasis>, relative to the <Emphasis>left</Emphasis> of
				the first selected graphical object.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="6" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="43" height="43"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_middle.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Align, Align Middle</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects will align <Emphasis>vertically</Emphasis>, relative to the <Emphasis>middle</Emphasis> of
				the first selected graphical object.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="7" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="44" height="43"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_align_right.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Align, Align Right</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects will align <Emphasis>vertically</Emphasis>, relative to the <Emphasis>right</Emphasis> of
				the first selected graphical object.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="8" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="44" height="40"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_arrange_center.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Center, Center Horizontal</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The first selection is placed in the <Emphasis>horizontal center</Emphasis> of the diagram window. If there more
				graphical objects are selected, they are placed relative to the first
				selection.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="9" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="42" height="40"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_arrange_vertical.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Center, Center Vertical</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The first selection is put in the <Emphasis>vertical
				center</Emphasis> of the diagram window. If more graphical objects are
				selected, they are placed relative to the first selection.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="10" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="44" height="42"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_center_both.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Center, Center Both</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">The first selection is put in <Emphasis>the
				center</Emphasis> of the diagram window. If more graphical objects are
				selected, they are placed relative to the first selection.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="11" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="44" height="40"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_arrange_make_same_size_width.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Make same size, Make Same Size Width</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects are <Emphasis>resized
				to the width</Emphasis> of the first selection.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="12" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="42" height="40"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_arrange_make_same_size_height.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Make same size, Make Same Size Height</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects are <Emphasis>resized
				to the height</Emphasis> of the first selection.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="13" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="44" height="41"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_arrange_make_same_size_both.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Make same size, Make Same Size Both</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects are <Emphasis>resized
				to the width and height</Emphasis> of the first selection.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="14" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="43" height="42"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_arrange_space_evenly_across.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Space evenly, Space Evenly Across</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects will align, <Emphasis>with the same horizontal distance</Emphasis> from each other.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="15" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="43" height="41"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_arrange_space_evenly_down.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Arrange, Space evenly, Space Evenly Down</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">All selected graphical objects will align, <Emphasis>with the same vertical distance</Emphasis> from each other.</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="16" isLast="true">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="42" height="40"
                            SRC="../images/ic_graph_button_options_automatic_relationships.png"
                            alt="[...]"/>
               </TD>
               <TH width="187" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Options, Automatic Relationships</TH>
               <TD width="619" rowspan="1" colspan="1">A relationship is created automatically between two
				consecutive inserted graphical objects.</TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>