KIllustrator offers many ways to assist in the positioning of objects.
The grid is an aid allowing the user to work on a drawing precisely. Grid behaviour can be controlled by three functions (parentheses show the menu entries used to access the fuctions):
Show Grid (View -> Show Grid), show the grid in the drawing.
Align to Grid (Layout -> Align to Grid), objects now snap to the grid.
Grid setup (Layout -> Grid), setup the grid.
Helplines provide a further mechanism to the Grid when precise drawing is required. The advantage of using helplines is that the distance between individual helplines can be varied. The proceedure for Helpline use is identical to the Grid.
NOTE: At the time of writing not all functionality of "Align" has been implemented. It is hoped that further functionality will be added soon.
select the text to be aligned
choose "Text along Path" from the arrange menu
select the object to be used as the path with a left-click (the right mouse button cancels).
The following Objects can be used as Paths:
Individual objects can be grouped together. This is useful of one wants to assemble complex drawings from individual objects and then treat these compound objects as one object. Objects are grouped as follows
select the objects to be grouped. Multiple objects can be selected by enclosing them inside a selection box by using the selection tool and/or selecting objects while holding down the SHIFT key.
choose "Group" from the "Arrange" menu.