Illustrator Tip: Align By The Key Object @DesignMadeSimple
Illustrator Tip: Align By The Key Object  @DesignMadeSimple
Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this tutorial we'll be having a look at a convenient feature built into Illustrator's Alignment Tool that allows you to align objects while keeping one of them anchored in place on the artboard. To do this we will have to designate what is known as a key object.

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