{"id":7951,"date":"2018-02-09T11:08:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T10:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/blog\/?p=7661"},"modified":"2023-11-30T18:08:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:08:35","slug":"distribute-and-align-shapes-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/distribute-and-align-shapes-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Distribute and Align Shapes in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine you have a lot of shapes in your Excel file and the shapes are all over the place!<\/p>\n<p>You want to organize the shapes but it seems a pain to move them one by one!<\/p>\n<p>What would you do?<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Excel allows you to <strong>distribute and align shapes<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>This is our initial layout of shapes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-01.jpg\" alt=\"Distribute and Align Shapes in Excel\" width=\"616\" height=\"294\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DkbrZ97FrSU?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Distribute-and-Align-Shapes.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong> <\/span>Hold the\u00a0<strong>CTRL\u00a0<\/strong>key and select all of the shapes you want to move:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-02.jpg\" alt=\"Distribute and Align Shapes in Excel\" width=\"615\" height=\"343\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span> Go to\u00a0<strong>Format &gt; Arrange &gt; Align &gt; Align Bottom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can Align the shapes to the direction that you want (i.e. Left, Center, Right, Top, Middle, Bottom)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-03.jpg\" alt=\"Distribute and Align Shapes in Excel\" width=\"320\" height=\"360\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong> <\/span>Go to\u00a0<strong>Format &gt; Arrange &gt; Align &gt; Distribute Horizontally<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can Distribute the shapes either Horizontally or Vertically.<\/p>\n<p>This will ensure the distance between the shapes are equally distributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-04.jpg\" alt=\"Distribute and Align Shapes in Excel\" width=\"319\" height=\"359\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your shapes are now in good shape! (Pun intended)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Distribute-and-Align-Shapes-05.jpg\" alt=\"Distribute and Align Shapes in Excel\" width=\"620\" height=\"294\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Distribute and Align Shapes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Helpful Resource:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-722 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/728x901-e1413496235820.gif\" alt=\"728x90\" width=\"599\" height=\"74\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine you have a lot of shapes in your Excel file and the shapes are all over the place! You want to organize the shapes but it seems a pain to move them one by one! What would you do? Thankfully, Excel allows you to distribute and align shapes! 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