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Layers, arrange, group and align
Desktop Publishing help
Layers, arrange, group and align
Everything on a page sits in a stack. The Layers tab lists it, top first.
Getting started
Coming from Publisher?
Open a Publisher (.pub) file
Templates
Text boxes and linked text
Pictures
Tables and shapes
Layers, arrange, group and align
Pages, master page and guides
Mail merge
PDF, pictures, printing and booklets
Calendars
Brand kit
Saving, recovery and files
Keyboard shortcuts
Select items to see Bring forward, Send backward, Align, Group, Duplicate and Delete along the top.
Shift-click or drag a box around items to select several.
Group them with Ctrl+G so they move together.
Lock an item in the Item panel so it can't be moved by mistake.
← Tables and shapes
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