Aligns the objects you select horizontally, vertically, or both, along their sides or center axes, according to your specifications-whether they are text blocks, picture blocks, or graphic objects. You must select at least two objects to be aligned: Alignment does not align objects to your grid or guides, but to each other. When you choose Alignment, the Align Objects dialog box appears. Options in the left column change horizontal alignment: those in the right column change vertical alignment. You can choose one option from each column. Clicking a second time on an activated option deactivates that option. After you align objects, you may want to group and/or lock the objects to keep them in alignment.

Creates multiple copies of any selected object or group of objects and allows you to specify how many and how far apart they are placed.
You can specify up to 99 duplicates. You must also specify how far apart the duplicates should be as horizontal and vertical offsets. The measurement units are the same as the units on your rulers. Duplicates of text and picture blocks contain the same text or graphics as the originals. If you duplicate a linked text block, the link is not duplicated, and the duplicate contains only the text that fits into the block.

Allows you to move an object or group of objects from one position to another.
You specify the distance to be moved as the horizontal and vertical distance from the current position. Measurement units are the same as the units on your ruler. Positive numbers move an object down and to the right on a page. Negative numbers move an object up and to the left.
To position an object at precise horizontal and vertical coordinates, see the discussion of the Specifications command in this section.

Move Forward and Move Backward move selected object(s) one layer higher and one layer lower on the page, respectively. Move To Front and Move To Back move selected object(s) to the top or bottom layer of the page, respectively. Newly created objects appear on top of other objects on the page. If you do not change their position, objects are layered in the order of their creation.
Object overlapping does not affect runaround. Text runs around graphics no matter which is on top (assuming the Specifications dialog box for both the picture and text block enable runaround). However, if a picture block is underneath a text block you must send the text block to the back to able to select the picture block with the object pointer.
Object overlapping affects how your document prints. Objects on top will cover those underneath.

Locks selected objects into place. Locked objects cannot be moved, resized, or deleted. A check in the menu and the object's Specifications dialog box indicate whether an object is locked.

Unlocks locked objects so that you can move, resize, or delete them. A check in the menu shows the selected object's current state.

Lets you group objects so that they are treated as a unit. Any command you choose acts on all of the objects in the group. Grouped objects move and rotate together. Draw Menu options also affect every member of the group. Individual objects in a group can be resized independently.
Objects are not grouped hierarchically-if you add an object to an existing group, choosing Ungroup releases all objects rather than only the new member.

Lets you release grouped objects so they can be acted upon individually.

Rotates a selected object or group of objects around an axis. Use the Rotate command or enter an angle of rotation in the Specifications dialog box. When you rotate an object with the rotation tool, you can use key combinations to achieve different effects:

• No key held down rotates the selected object(s) about an axis through the point where the mouse was first pressed. Initial rotation when you press the mouse is 0 degrees. A grey line appears from the axis of rotation to the current mouse position as a visual aid. The longer the line, the more precisely you can control rotation.

• Command key held down rotates the selected object(s) about an axis through the center of their bounding rectangle, regardless of where you first press the mouse. Initial rotation when you press the mouse is 0 degrees. A grey line appears from the axis to current mouse position as a visual aid. The longer the line, the more precisely you can control rotation.

• Shift and Command keys held down rotates each object in a selected group of objects about its own geometric center.