ALIGN OBJECTS IN CorelDRAW

   To align objects in CorelDRAW we go to Tab menu Align and Distribute or if we already familiar remember to that menus so for time efficiency it is better to use shortcuts anyway.
For example we intended to align two objects :

Select the two objects then on Tab Align and distribute choose type of aligns :

1. Align Left / Keyboard (L)
Align the left edges of objects
2. Align Center Horizontally/ Keyboard (C)
Align the center of objects horizontaly
3. Align Right / Keyboard (R)
Align the right edges of objects
4. Align Top / Keyboard (T)
Align the top edges of objects
5. Align Center Vertically / Keyboard (E)
Align the objet centers vertically
6. Align Bottom / Keyboard (B)
Align the bottom edges of objects

These are the results from align object processes :

now we have understood how to align between objects automatically. We not only can align objects to another objects but also to another points or page. And there another method to align that usually to be used on object with complexity so that need self customization.
Below is an example that for us that kind to be difficult to align the three text objects “Lorem Ipsum” to the every bottom parts of wing logos automatically when we use Align and Distribute menu. So this is the context we need to use guidelines as guidance tool to align object manually.
Guideline can be activated from top section ruler for horizontal direction and from left side section for vertical direction, just hover the mouse on those ruler areas and hold click mouse then drag to work page area.

Before activate guidelines we need to make sure that objects will get stick or snapped to guideline : activate snap from menu Tools > Option... and give checklist.

activate object snap 

For this tutorial we only need horizontal guideline so then hold click mouse and drag it from top section ruler to the every wing logo’s bottom sides.

Activating guideline from ruler area

and then one by one drag the text object “Lorem Ipsum” downward until it get snapped to guidelines, drag them with hold ctrl keyboard or directly.

After all text objects got snapped to each guidelines then decision is up to user whether let them on work page area or need to be erased. To erase them from work page area just click on each one of them and press ctrl + A to make entire selection then hit delete by keyboard.

please notify that guidelines is non printable objects and viewable on every page.

Guideline’s direction is not just applicable for horizontal and vertical but also enhanced rotatable till 360 degree.
To do the rotation just click twice until two handles (a) and its axis (b) are appears, mouse pointer automatically will transformed into rotation cursor when mouse hover over guideline. Click + hold mouse and make rotation movement, determine the position of axis in order to gain precise rotation.

Rotation mark on guidelines

45 degree rotated guidelines on object

Finished object with guidelines erased

Designer will need a lot of this method especially when working with logo design projects that must complied with construction detail at every shape parts, line markers like guideline will help a lot. As beginner also need more do training about object Align and Distribution frequently because this is the part of beginning learning stage.