In QuarkXPress 7 and above, you can align items three ways: relative to each other, relative to the page, or relative to the spread. This makes it easy to align a group or an item to the edge, corner or center of the page or spread.

The Space/Align control can be found in two locations: in the Item menu, and as its own tab in the Measurements palette. Note that because the Measurements palette is context-sensitive, the Space/Align tab will only appear when you have two or more items selected on the page:

If you frequently use the Space/Align controls, notice that each one has its own keyboard shortcut, as shown in the Item> Space/Align menu:

Jay Nelson

Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.