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Section 12ECricut Explore Manual

Cricut Design Space has a variety of alignment tools available for precisely lining up your images or text. To activate the Align button in the top menu, select two or more images on the design screen.

Tip: When using the alignment tools, grouped images will move all together as one unit. If you want to align just one layer of an image, the image will need to be ungrouped.

Tip: The alignment tools are named according to the action that results from using that particular tool

Align objects using the following actions:

Align Left – Move the left edge of each selected image to the leftmost edge of your selection.

Center Horizontally – Move all selected images to the horizontal center (midpoint between left and right) of your selection.

Align Right – Move the right edge of each selected image to the rightmost edge of your selection.

Align Top – Move the top edge of each selected image to the top edge of your selection.

Center Vertically – Move all selected images to the vertical center (midpoint between the top and bottom) of your selection.

Align bottom – Move the bottom edge of each selected image to the bottom edge of your selection.

Center – Move all selected images so that the center points line up. Images will be stacked on top of each other.

Aligning images

Step 1. Select the images that you would like to align along the left side.

Step 2. Open the Align menu and select “Align Left.”

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Option 1: Align left

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Step 3. The selected images will shift from their current position and move to the leftmost edge of your selection.

Step 1. Select the images that you would like to center to the midpoint between left and right.

Option 2: Center horizontally

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Step 2. Open the Align menu and select “Center Horizontally.”

Step 3. The selected images will move horizontally from their current position and center along the midpoint between the left and right of your selection.

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Aligning images

Step 1. Select the images that you would like to align along the right side.

Step 2. Open the Align menu and select “Align Right.”

Option 3: Align Right

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Step 3. The selected images will shift from their current position and move to the rightmost edge of your selection.

Aligning images

Step 1. Select the images that you would like to align along the top.

Option 4: Align Top

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Step 2. Open the Align menu and select “Align Top”

Step 3. The selected images will shift from their current position and move the top edge of your selection.

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Aligning images

Step 1. Select the images that you would like to center to the midpoint between the top and bottom.

Step 2. Open the Align menu and select “Center Vertically.”

Option 5: Center vertically

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Aligning imagesStep 3. The selected images will shift vertically from their current position and align along the midpoint between the top and bottom of your selection.

Option 6: Align BottomStep 1. Select the images that you would like to align along the bottom.

Step 2. Open the Align menu and select “Align Bottom”

Step 3. The selected images will shift from their current position and move to the bottom edge of your selection.

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Aligning images

Step 1. Select the images that you would like to center.

Step 2. Open the Align menu and select “Center”

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Aligning imagesOption 7: Center

Step 3. The selected images will move from their current position, overlapping one another, and align to their center points.

Tip: Items will center according to how they are arranged in stacking order. You may need to adjust the stacking order of the images using “Arrange” so they appear as desired.

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