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# Design Tools Toolbar

> Design Tools toolbar buttons in ABBYY FormDesigner align, space, resize, merge, and split form elements and manage the grid and alignment rulers.

On the **Design Tools** toolbar you will find buttons for editing form elements. Click a button to launch the corresponding design tool.

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Buttons on the **Design Tools** toolbar:

| **Button**                        | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| --------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Show Grid**                     | Shows/hides the grid.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Show Main Ruler**               | Shows/hides the main ruler.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Snap to Grid**                  | Snaps the top left corner of newly created elements to the nearest grid node. When moving a form element, it will also be snapped to the nearest grid node.                                               |
| **Align Left**                    | Aligns the selected elements to the left edge of the last selected element.                                                                                                                               |
| **Center Horizontally**           | Centers the selected elements along the center of the last selected element without changing their vertical position.                                                                                     |
| **Align Right**                   | Aligns the selected elements to the right edge of the last selected element.                                                                                                                              |
| **Align Top**                     | Aligns the selected elements to the top edge of the last selected element.                                                                                                                                |
| **Center Vertically**             | Centers the selected elements along the center of the last selected element without changing their horizontal position.                                                                                   |
| **Align Bottom**                  | Aligns the selected elements to the bottom edge of the last selected element.                                                                                                                             |
| **Align to Grid**                 | Aligns the top left corners of all the selected elements to the nearest grid nodes.                                                                                                                       |
| **Space Evenly Across**           | Spaces selected elements evenly across the page.                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Space Evenly Down**             | Spaces selected elements evenly down the page.                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Make Same Height**              | Makes the height of all the selected elements the same as the height of the last selected element.                                                                                                        |
| **Make Same Width**               | Makes the width of all the selected elements the same as the width of the last selected element.                                                                                                          |
| **Make Same Height and Width**    | Makes the height and width of all the selected elements the same as the height and width of the last selected element.                                                                                    |
| **Size to Grid**                  | Expands the borders of the selected element to the nearest grid lines.                                                                                                                                    |
| **Merge**                         | Merges the selected elements on the form.                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Split**                         | Splits the selected elements on the form.                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Add to Merged Elements**        | Adds elements to previously merged elements. Both the elements to be added and the previously merged elements must be selected.                                                                           |
| **Bring to Front**                | Moves the selected elements to the foreground.                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Send to Back**                  | Moves the selected elements to the background.                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Snap Align Rulers to Elements** | Turns on/off the automatic binding of elements to rulers. If this mode is turned on, when you move a ruler on the form, it will be automatically bound to the elements that are sufficiently close to it. |
| **Show All Rulers**               | Shows/hides all rulers.                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Vertical Ruler**                | Creates a vertical ruler.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Horizontal Ruler**              | Creates a horizontal ruler.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Delete All Rulers**             | Deletes all rulers.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
