Is there an easy way to center something on a page?

[ashleygg]

I'm sure that there is and I just don't know how.

[hguenthe]

Do a Control-C to copy it, Control-X to cut it, Control-V to paste it. It will paste it back into the center of the page.

[BrittanyLane]

The easiest way I know is when dragging the element/photo/paper/whatever over to your layout you hold the shift key and it will be centered!

[Steph]

Yep, when you drag it onto the page, it's automatically centered.

Another way to check, is to turn on your grid. I use the grid all the time to line things up.

[AllynD]

Holding Shift while dragging onto a page is what I always do-- especially when dragging a paper onto a page!

[ptknox]

If it's already on the layout I sometimes add a new layer, filled with color, under the layer containing the item and do both a horizontal and vertical alignment from the menu bar...then I delete the filled layer. (Cause I'm nothing if not lazy!)

[tlrowley]

You could use the free transform (cmd-T) and then position it exactly, using the center dot



setting the center position of x and y to 1800 pixels would put it at the exact center of a 12 in page at 300 dpi.

Once I finally figured out what that little grid of dots was, I started to use it a lot more It' great if you want to put something in a specific spot (upper left/center/etc.)

[anke]

that's something I didn't know! Thanks for the tip! How did you figure out the 1800?

Originally Posted by tlrowley

You could use the free transform (cmd-T) and then position it exactly, using the center dot



setting the center position of x and y to 1800 pixels would put it at the exact center of a 12 in page at 300 dpi.

Once I finally figured out what that little grid of dots was, I started to use it a lot more It' great if you want to put something in a specific spot (upper left/center/etc.)

[hguenthe]

Originally Posted by anke

that's something I didn't know! Thanks for the tip! How did you figure out the 1800?

1/2 of 3600 assuming you are doing a 3600 X 3600 (12X12 at 300 dpi) LO.

[tlrowley]

Originally Posted by anke

that's something I didn't know! Thanks for the tip! How did you figure out the 1800?

Originally Posted by hguenthe

1/2 of 3600 assuming you are doing a 3600 X 3600 (12X12 at 300 dpi) LO.

What Heather said

Those little dots represent spots on your currently selected layer. You can click on on of the 9 little dots, and set an X/Y position for that spot. So, if you wanted something at the far left top corner, you could click on the top left dot, and set both X and Y to 0.



The dots are a great way of doing very precise positioning.