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Defining the order of objects when using Distribute?

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VERSION: Illustrator CC Mac

 

So, I've always assumed that the order of the layers determined the order and position that shapes are moved in the Distribute function.

 

I'm having a wierd problem today and the order seems to be defined by something I can't figure out. I'm trying to vertically distribute a set of the same shape and instead of counting the shapes in order from left to right or vise versa the distribute function seems to be randomly picking the order of the shape, not basing it on location or layer order.

 

Here are a couple of examples:

 

distribute1.png

 

distribute2.png

 

In both examples I have used a Vertical Distribute Center and both groups of shapes are ordered from left to right in the layers palette with the left most layer being the first layer and the right most shape being the last.

 

What is causing the shapes to be distributed in this order? How do I specify what the order is if it isn't based on layer or position order?


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