: How can I arrange four objects into two rows and two columns? Is there an easy way to take four objects that are in the same location? The objects are pasted on top of each other, and arrange

@Murray976

There's no on-click solution. But with the Align panel you can make it easier...



The "key object" is the top most object if multiple objects are selected.

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@Phylliss782

The best way I'm aware of is via the Align panel.




Select the two top row items then click the top left item again to make it your "key object" or fixed reference point.
Enter your chosen gutter value in the Distribute spacing: field and click the horizontal spacing button.
Left align the first of your second row objects and follow the same approach to get the vertical space between it and the top row.
Repeat step 1 to get the space between your two second row objects.


Not very automated, is it?

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@Hamaas979

You can manually enter their positions in coordinates at the top, otherwise holding shift and moving them into positions with the arrow keys shouldn't take more that 20 seconds to do. (move 2 to the left to make 2 columns of 2, then select one from each column and move them down)

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